After 11 months at a small business I was let go in favour of the tech team being made up of 5 ai-engineers, no designers, not even a PM.
I was told by the director “the engineers can do almost as much as you can with ai you’re no longer needed”
Thus my question is this; how common is this? And how do you about showing value in a business that values quantity of quality? Or did I dodge a bullet
Hey reddit,
I am doing an experiment about design choices and would live your preferences when it comes to this travel mockup. THIS IS NOT A REAL WEBSITE/PRODUCT just an experiment.
From start to finish for a existing developed product with no ux/ui designer process - how do you approach (extra stars if you have a tools/flows with software built in vercel) - they want it fast
Undeveloped product process
Only solo designer in the company and Im struggling
Bento-style UI is everywhere right now. The modular cards look clean, modern, and visually interesting — but I’m wondering where we should draw the line between visual trend and useful UX.
I made this short to explore the idea:
https://youtube.com/shorts/dv6LH1CQ3iQ?si=RvdzjgDnSDg3xEPK
My question for other designers:
When does a Bento layout genuinely improve hierarchy and usability, and when does it just make an interface look trendy?
Personally, I think Bento works best when the different cards represent genuinely different priorities or tasks ,not when content is simply broken into boxes for the sake of the aesthetic.
Would love to hear how you approach it. Do you still use Bento layouts in your work, or are you moving toward simpler, more purposeful layouts?
Sometimes I open an app and wonder why something that should take two clicks now takes five.
At Megamart, one thing we’ve been thinking about is whether innovation should be about adding more features or simply making the customer’s life easier.
What’s one feature you’ve seen on an app that sounded useful but actually made the experience worse?
Hi everyone, I’m 26M and a UI/UX Designer with 2 years of experience. I’m currently looking for full-time UI/UX opportunities remote, hybrid, or anywhere in India.
It’s been around 8 months since I started actively looking for a new opportunity, and honestly, I’m not getting as many interview calls as I expected. I’ve redesigned my portfolio website in Figma, updated my resume multiple times, and tried different ways of applying, but I still feel like I might be missing something.
A little about my experience, I’ve worked in a product-based organisation and have experience designing:
• Mobile applications
• Web applications & dashboards
• Design systems
• Responsive interfaces
• End-to-end UI/UX workflows
At this point, I’d genuinely appreciate some guidance from designers, recruiters, or hiring managers here.
Where do you think I could be going off track?
• Is my portfolio presentation not strong enough?
• Is my resume not aligned properly with the current UI/UX job requirements?
• Am I applying on the wrong platforms or using the wrong approach? (Naukri,LinkedIn,Foundit)
• How can I improve my chances of getting more recruiter calls?
• What’s the best way to reach out to recruiters and hiring managers directly? ( Done with cold email, LinkedIn DM's)
Also, one thing I’m particularly confused about is it okay to share a Figma prototype as a portfolio website, or should I have a proper hosted website with a custom domain?
I’m open to feedback, if something is wrong with my portfolio, resume, application strategy, or overall positioning.
If you’re a designer who has recently switched jobs or a recruiter/hiring manager who regularly hires UI/UX designers, I’d really appreciate your advice.
Thanks in advance! 🙌
I’m building a tool around a simple problem: teams are shipping faster than ever, but it’s getting harder to catch experience problems before they reach users.
The idea isn’t to generate another generic “your button could have better contrast” report.
It is trying to find things like:
🔴 Breakpoints in a user journey — places where users are likely to get confused, stuck, or drop off
♿ Accessibility issues that could prevent people from completing a task
💰 Potential revenue loss caused by experience breakpoints
📐 UX rules being broken — consistency, hierarchy, interaction patterns, etc.
🔄 Broken or unnecessarily complicated flows
🎯 High-impact problems vs. low-priority polish
📊 Business impact — not just “this is bad UX”, but why it matters to the product/business based on their business mission/ strategy
The part I’m wrestling with is deciding what the tool should actually surface.
There are potentially hundreds of things an automated design review could flag. But nobody wants a 47-page report full of tiny observations.
I want it to answer:
“What should I care about?”
For designers, product owners and design leaders — what would you actually want a tool like this to show you?
What would make you think, “I didn’t notice this, but this is important”?
Would love ideas, especially things beyond the usual UX/accessibility checklist.
Need a sanity check on this hotel booking UI. Am I misunderstanding this, or is it genuinely confusing?
I was booking a hotel for a group.
In the attached screenshot:
I selected 4 adults, 1 room
The room is listed as “Classic Triple Room”
The page shows “Max 1 adult”
But the warning says “1 adult Room capacity exceeded”
This is where I’m confused.
If the plan only allows 1 adult, and I searched for 4 adults, shouldn’t the warning clearly say that 3 adults are not included?
Instead, the message says “1 adult exceeded”, which made me think the room was being treated as accommodating 3 adults and that I was exceeding the limit by 1 person.
What would you conclude from this screen alone?
Genuinely curious how others would interpret this before clicking “Book Now.”
Update:
Here is the reply I received when escalated
We have reviewed the updated screenshot you provided. While the exact display of the page may vary slightly depending on the customer's location, device, or interface version, the meaning of the warning remains the same.
In your case, the room package selected had a maximum occupancy of 1 adult only.
Therefore, when you searched with a higher number of guests, the warning message "1 adult Room capacity exceeded" was displayed to indicate that the room package could only accommodate 1 adult.
If the booking process was continued despite that warning, the final reservation would still be created based on the maximum room capacity of the selected room package, which in this case was 1 adult only.
Hi everyone!
I’m conducting a research study about the experiences and challenges people encounter when designing surveys.
If you have created at least one survey—for academic or UX research, work, education, customer feedback, or any other purpose—I would greatly appreciate your participation.
Survey details
Your responses will help us better understand real-world survey design practices and develop more useful tools for survey creators.
The survey is hosted on witform, a beta survey-building platform being developed as part of our broader research. You can see and use the platform at https://www.witform.app
For questions about the study, please contact me at kj4483@soongsil.ac.kr.
Thank you for your time and participation!
Why do OTP screens use 6 separate boxes instead of one field?
There’s a surprisingly simple UX reason behind it. 👀
I broke it down in 48 seconds ↓
Hi everyone,
I’m a UX research intern at a fintech/wealth management company (20-30people), and I’m also the only UX professional on the team. Most of the people I work with are engineers, and financial professionals, and there isn’t a UX manager or senior designer/researcher to guide me.
To make things more challenging, I don’t come from a finance background. I’m learning a lot about financial advisors, investment accounts, custodians, compliance, and AI-powered workflows as I go. Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether something is a UX problem, a business constraint, or simply how the financial industry works.
I’m honestly feeling a bit overwhelmed because I don’t always know what I should be working on. People are supportive and answer questions when I ask, but no one is really assigning UX work or helping me prioritize.
I worry that I’m missing opportunities to add value simply because I don’t know what I don’t know.
I want to make a strong impression and be useful, but I’m afraid of spending time on things that aren’t important.
Right now I find myself wondering:
1. How do you identify high-impact UX work when no one is telling you what to do?
2. What would you focus on if you were the first and only UX person?
3. How do you learn enough about a complex domain like finance to make meaningful UX recommendations?
4. How do you build trust with engineering, product, and subject matter experts when you’re still an intern?
5. Because we’re a small company, I can’t always do “traditional” UX research. Financial advisors are busy and difficult to schedule for interviews, and we don’t have the budget for user testing platforms or research tools. What are some effective, low-cost ways to gather meaningful user insights in this situation? In fact there’s no template or documentation for anything that has been done before I joined…
6. What are some projects that consistently provide value, even if no one explicitly asks for them?
How do you avoid feeling like you’re just waiting for work to appear?
7. For those of you who’ve been the only UX person — or worked in a domain like finance, healthcare, or enterprise software where the learning curve is steep—what do you wish you had done sooner?
I’d really appreciate any advice, frameworks, or examples of how you found meaningful work on your own. I want to be proactive and contribute as much as I can, but I’m still learning both UX in practice and the financial domain at the same time. Quick note: I did my masters in UX and I am very knowledgeable about UX/R principles and methodologies. Most of the tasks I have been given rely on benchmarking to begin with but everything that’s benchmark worthy are blocked by a paywall or secure login. But my manager is not really giving me anything to work with. She’s not UX Professional but she’s very knowledgeable
Thanks in advance!
Hi everyone!
I'm conducting a UX research project called “Learning Without Losing Momentum”, exploring how adult learners stay engaged with online courses and what happens when life, work, or other interruptions cause them to take a break.
I'm looking for people who:
• Are 18+
• Have taken an online course within the last 6–12 months
• Have experienced taking a break or losing momentum while learning
• Have used an online learning platform such as Udemy, Coursera, or another learning platform
The study involves a 30 minute remote interview about your experiences via Google meet. There are no right or wrong answers—I'm interested in understanding what actually happens when people try to maintain or regain momentum in online learning.
🎁 Selected participants who complete the interview will receive $10 as a thank-you for their time.
If you're interested, please complete this short screening form
I’ll review the responses and contact eligible participants to schedule an interview.
Thank you to everyone willing to share their experience!
Hey guys, I really need some honest advice about my career and life.
I feel like my life is going downhill, and honestly, I have no idea what I should do next.
Right now, I don’t have a stable source of income. I do Zepto deliveries whenever I can to make some money. One of my friends is also trying to get me a customer support job that would pay around ₹20,000 per month. I’m considering taking it because I need some financial stability.
I’ve made quite a few mistakes in the past, and because of those mistakes, my education wasn’t completed properly. I regret some of my decisions, but I also know that constantly thinking about the past isn’t going to fix anything. I want to focus on what I can do from this point forward.
I’ve always been interested in designing. I have a decent amount of knowledge about graphic design, and I’ve taught myself how to create posters, edit videos, and work with different design tools. Most of this has been done on my phone because I currently don’t have a laptop or proper equipment.
I’m interested in learning UI/UX design and potentially making it my career. I feel like it could suit me because I genuinely enjoy designing and learning creative things.
But I’m extremely confused and honestly scared of wasting more time.
Is UI/UX still a good career to pursue in 2026? Is it realistic for someone without a completed degree to get into the industry through self-learning and a strong portfolio?
Should I take the ₹20k customer support job for financial stability and learn UI/UX alongside it? Or should I take the risk and focus completely on design?
I’m not looking for fake motivation. I’d really appreciate honest opinions, especially from people already working in UI/UX or the design industry.
Please tell me what you would do if you were in my situation.
Hi, so I graduated almost 10 years back from a design college and got into UX 6 years ago.
Over the years I worked in B2B n Enterprise. In my company we were using AI tools but it was limited to chat conversations only and a bit of Figma Make.
Now I got laid off.
I want upskill myself and build better stuff with AI tools for UX processes but I am clueless where to start. There is so much noise on linkedin n other social media that I dont know where to begin. Can you guys recommend me genuine teachers or courses on udemy/youtube/instagram etc?
I have a 45-minute portfolio interview where I need to present 1-2 out of 3 projects. The interviewer is looking for strong craft, product thinking, collaboration, prototyping, AI workflows, and a builder mindset.
My options:
AI consumer concept:Strongest craft and interaction design, but school project with no engineering collaboration or shipped outcome.
Enterprise redesign: Complex workflows, systems thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and measurable impact, but visually less exciting.
0→1 AI startup:End-to-end ownership, close founder/engineering collaboration, AI product, and shipping mindset, but the visual polish isn't as strong as the first project.
Would you prioritize craft + vision, or real-world collaboration + shipping? Curious how experienced hiring managers would think about this.