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Lessons in Leadership: My Journey Growing The UX Team at a Hyper-Growth Startup

When I joined Outschool as the first designer and employee 13, I had no idea that it would grow to over 180 people in three years. My role…

Dec 29, 2022

Lessons in Leadership: My Journey Growing The UX Team at a Hyper-Growth Startup

Dec 29, 2022

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Career ladder from junior to director — guidance for UX professionals

This is a cleaned-up version of career guidance I’ve written for the UX team at Outschool. The company was 200 people total, and the UX…

Jun 28, 2022

Levels 1–3 visualized as a train track, where the sigle track splits after L3 so that L4, L5, L6 have parallel IC and management tracks

Jun 28, 2022

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How To Create A Kick-Ass Product

This is the first article in a series about how to create kick-ass software products. From start to finish, involving business, design, and…

Jun 29, 2015

How To Create A Kick-Ass Product

Jun 29, 2015

How to get involved in strategy as a designer

As a designer, you may want to get more involved in the strategy process. But where do you start? How can you get involved in strategy and…

Dec 8, 2022

How to get involved in strategy as a designer

Dec 8, 2022

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The pros and Cons of Integrating Designers into Product Teams

Many organizations believe that integrating designers into product teams is the key to success, but is this really the best way? On one…

Dec 9, 2022

The pros and Cons of Integrating Designers into Product Teams

Dec 9, 2022

Why Making Your Bed Increases Productivity

I’m a big believer in efficiency. My clothes are grouped into shirts/pants/jackets so I can pick my outfit faster. I save a stack of…

Jan 23, 2021

Why Making Your Bed Increases Productivity

Jan 23, 2021

3 Mistakes in Rookie Design Portfolios, and How to Fix Them

Are you fresh out of school or looking for your first design gig after a career transition? Based on years of experience interviewing and…

May 2, 2020

3 Mistakes in Rookie Design Portfolios, and How to Fix Them

May 2, 2020

Lessons Learned on Creating Focus at Literator

What we learned about how to grow while staying focused: 3 real-world examples of what we did at Literator.

Feb 2, 2019

Lessons Learned on Creating Focus at Literator

Feb 2, 2019

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EdTech Sales & Efficacy — Lessons from SXSWedu 2017

Surprising lessons about EdTech sales.

Mar 27, 2017

Mar 27, 2017

7 Tips For Giving Good Criticism

Giving feedback, especially when it’s criticism, is hard. One often has to walk the line between not-clear-enough and too harsh. Why is it…

Oct 29, 2016

Oct 29, 2016

Jing Jin

Jing Jin

Designer leader | Multi-time founder | Past PM & engineer | Apple | Carnegie Mellon | Loves both bacon and vegan meat

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