flâneur

Bhushan Balagar

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  • Here’s where my perspective comes in: I’ve reviewed portfolios while hiring for teams, coached designers in my UX Portfolio Course, and seen work across SaaS, fintech, B2C, agencies, startups, and big companies. And the strongest portfolios always share one thing: They’re built for a specific audience and purpose. So the key learning is simple: ✅ Start with your strategy and not your layout. ↳ Where are you going? ↳ What companies are you targeting? ↳ What do hiring managers there care about? Only then will you know what to highlight. I often see beautiful portfolios, but when I’m helping a co…
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  • In your case studies, start with a problem and your solution. Then dig deeper. Show me it's worth reading.
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  • 9 - Lead with clarity Start case studies with outcomes. Tell a concise story about what you did, how you did it, and the impact. Pair that with clean visuals. Final thoughts This market is tough. If you’ve got a few years under your belt, focus your story, specialize where it counts, and keep iterating.
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  • 8 - You can’t please everyone Every stakeholder has a different definition of good design. I was told in the same round of interviews that my work was too polished by one and not strong enough by another. Focus on what you’re good at, lead with that, and show adaptability.
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  • You want someone who says, “I looked at your signup flow and 60% of users drop off at step 3, here’s why,” not “I have some ideas to make the homepage more engaging.”
    Felix Lee on X: "how to hire designers who ship" / X
  • Similarly, people who are being selectively agentic often have a kind of faulty sensory appreciation. Perhaps relationships feel hard for you, they take willpower, so it’s tempting to believe that you’re Actually Trying, that you’ve brought the full weight of your genius to bear on the problem. You might even take some pride in the struggle. Like rigid posture, the strain feels like correctness. But struggling is not evidence that you’ve tried everything. To the contrary, the continuous need for willpower may be the sign of a badly-engineered life. I’d recommend assuming there’s some area of y…
    Maybe you’re not Actually Trying - by Cate Hall
  • Whenever a designer becomes more of a builder, some idealism and creativity dies. Not because building is bad, but because you start out including constraints earlier in the process than they should.
    Karri Saarinen on X: "Whenever a new design to code tool comes around, people get excited. It’s considered the holy grail of design. You can now design with code. This is the final evolution. But I don’t agree. It’s only the holy grail if you value output higher than the process of design. Whenever" / X