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The case for hiring junior designers and how to do it

Two years ago, while I was interviewing at different companies, multiple hiring managers candidly admitted to me that their job post…

15 min readMar 2, 2024

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The case for hiring junior designers and how to do it

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Bonus tips for the Remote Product Design Whiteboarding Challenge

Chances are, you know what a whiteboarding challenge is if you’ve found yourself in this article. But in case you are wondering — a…

8 min readMar 6, 2024

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Bonus tips for the Remote Product Design Whiteboarding Challenge

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Reflections on “personal branding”

Another word for personal brand is “reputation”

9 min readJun 25, 2023

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Reflections on “personal branding”

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Is product design for you? Here’s a decision tree.

In 2018, I sat in a classroom with a General Assembly representative. I was considering a UX Bootcamp, and I asked her what time of…

11 min readMar 12, 2024

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Is product design for you? Here’s a decision tree.

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In my experience, just because you are running agile does not mean you cannot be thoughtful about…

However, I have also personally encountered the pitfalls commonly mentioned. I've seen bloated backlogs with fragmented pieces of tickets…

2 min readMar 5, 2023

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How to choose a worthwhile UX capstone project topic?

One of the more challenging aspects of creating your first practice / academic user experience (UX) design project is coming up with a…

6 min readJan 19, 2023

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Fieldnotes #1: Principles of an early-startup product designer

Around four months in as a product designer, I wrote this post to chronicle my guiding principles working as the only designer in a…

7 min readSep 7, 2021

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The Startup

Why as a designer, you should participate in competitions

Here’s one important reason.

4 min readMay 22, 2020

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The Startup

11 rules I live by as a UX-team-of-one in an early-stage startup

What I learned in my “first 90 days”

6 min readNov 3, 2019

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11 rules I live by as a UX-team-of-one in an early-stage startup

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UX Collective

The transferrable skills of architectural training

A letter to disillusioned architects trying to take the leap

7 min readAug 18, 2019

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The transferrable skills of architectural training

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Lai-Jing Chu

Lai-Jing Chu

Product Designer @ Polycam and mentor at Springboard / ADP List. I write here to organize my thoughts. My opinions are mine and could change.

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