Using minimal design to mask lack of skill

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Designers of GV, what’s a design trend you think is overrated?

Designers of GV, what’s a design trend you think is overrated?- Grapevine

What's the worst design trend you've seen recently?

Software Engineer

Whenever I overhear someone say that, "Can you just make it fast? It's just a simple design, so it shouldn't take long, right?" it makes me a little pukish. 🤡

As a Designer, what are you tired of hearing from non-Design folks?

Robotics Engineer

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Folks of GV, What’s a Trend You’re Totally Disappointed With?

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And no, the debate isn’t whether tech hiring is tough or non-tech hiring is tough - all I’m saying is ... design hiring is the trickiest of them all.

Think about it:
- There are only so many keywords to focus on. How do you even begin to filter out the right talent?
- Subjectivity of Aesthetics: Defining what looks good vs what is “really” good. What might look good to a recruiter is not what might appeal to a hiring manager
- Communication Breakdown: What looks good to a hiring manager needs to be translated to the recruiter on the grounds and factors why the design made sense. Tough - hell yeah!
- Every designer has a portfolio, but how do you differentiate between genuinely innovative work and something that’s just flashy or just showed his inclination to one theme/style or is the portfolio screaming love for one sub section - neobrutalism anyone? Today’s trendy designs might be tomorrow’s outdated trash. How do you hire for timeless design skills?
- Technical Skills vs. Artistic Vision: How do you balance or filter on either - the need for technical proficiency with the necessity for artistic vision
- Client-Based Variability: Designers often tailor their work to what the ask was. How do you discern their true skill level when their portfolio is a mixed bag of client/customer whims? + how do you know X's work is not Y inspired or even better.. a rip off?
- Designers are creative people. How do you access real Cultural Fit? This breed needs to be protected and let them be. But then how do you ascertain designers work style gels with your company’s culture?
- Without assignments you cant get to know them or their depth and dimension of work, and assignments (in general) carry a bad rep in that circuit - cause a lot of work is passed off as a screening assignment.

IMHO, design hiring is like assembling a rocket ship with Lego pieces - it’s complex, nuanced, and the stakes are incredibly high. If can either get it right or F UP real bad.

Design hiring is the trickiest

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How bad is the design job market now in India?is there an over

How bad is the design job market now in India?is there an over  supply? What makes a deisgner standout giving him edge over layoffs. I hear people telling to upskill . But what exactly to upskils _ tools,stack,process?

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Share what you're feeling about the market & other things around you?

DESIGNER'S - What's on your mind?

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We have had new designers recently in the team which have made our life hell. Only thing they want is pixels perfect design to be made due to which our projects deadlines have stretched a lot and bothered our work life balance. 
Introducing new designers to a team can bring fresh perspectives, but it seems these individuals might be focused heavily on perfectionism. Their insistence on pixel-perfect designs is causing delays and affecting our team's workflow and deadlines. While their dedication to detail can be commendable, I think it's essential to strike a balance between quality and efficiency to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Also these folks are making everything so design heavy that we also have had CVR drops. New design looks flashy and barely good to use for normal users. Thoughts?

Frontend Engineers, how are you able to manage never ending design reviews?

Mostly so called "Design Leaders" "mentors" are always spewing gyaan in my office, LinkedIn, social media but actually fail to implement those stuff. Every other week we have this call where designers are supposed to talk about a topic and every designer comes with such complex presentations, use big words as if they are saving the world or something. They unnecessarily complicate such simple topics and then go on to call themselves designers 🤡

Why are product designers so pretentious?

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What’s a gadget you think is overrated and why?

Heard a Designer talk about Squircle and nearly slapped them...

What is wrong with Designers today?

Software Developer

Cred is overly done and confusing now. 
It is like a nightmare for designers.
What has been done on the app bro. Ek cheeze dhundhne me itna time lag raha

What do designers think about Cred's design? 😅

Looking at the sad state of UX market in India makes me think about the scene few years back. In 2018-19 many folks who found coding or other roles a little difficult switched to UX. 

UX design was glorified even more by few design influenzaaas as if its the only coolest job left in IT.

Most of the experienced designers we see today are earning good but shit in their pants when asked to do good visuals. They are good at talking, use lot of UX jargons and give gyaan on Linkedin comments and constantly ridicule designers who are good at visuals to sound intellectual.

We don’t see talented illustrators, motion designers, vfx folks get the appreciation they deserve. Also these skills are difficult and takes hell lot of practice to master and has a high entry barrier as well.

Market ruined because of low entry barrier in UX Design? 🤔

Business Analyst

I have felt that being a designer in India is super hard because of the lack of validation that we get from society and family.

Do you feel that Designers are not respected in India? 🇮🇳

Product Manager

What do you think about the "Look between..." trend in Design?

In startup and mid-level companies, single designers often spend more time on developing design systems, exploring Figma's new features, and adapting to its yearly updates rather than focusing on essential tasks.

Are we Designers Obsessed with Figma?

UI/UX Designer

I've been in this field for about 15 years now and post-covid this field has become a borderline joke and I feel embarrassed about Design in India.

Do not think that Designing involves ONLY a lot of Visual Design work, importance to "craft", motion design etc.

The kind of work you need to do should involve a LOT of user research, planning, testing, domain knowledge, technical knowledge and actual hands on design work.  I don't get to do a lot of it today but back in the day it was all that we were taught by our Design Leads.

Now because of these influencers whenever I tell people that Design is innovative and based in Behavioural Science, they assume that my work is easy, doesn't take much time, I just have to design screens etc and I keep on explaining to them that you're wrong and there's more to it.

Thanks to clown influencers, kids think if they follow these clowns they can get into FAANG or some top tier company.

I'm really scared of the state of Design in India 5 years down the line when these design kiddies become more senior.

Former Design Head here, Here's my advice to designers today

Growth Manager

How many of you are using it in your company?

Are design systems overrated?

Product Designer

It seems unfair to me and others like me who are trying to get into the industry. People who are in the industry very well know that they didn't get an entry because they did some Jony Ive-level work. The majority of them simply got lucky in 2021. Now everyone wants superheroes in the name of product design. I wish I was doing the same job search in 2021, things would have been different.

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