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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
"Why are you wearing a butt hole on your head?"
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Went to an Anthropic event. Got nice swag. Wear nice swag. Was just casually asked if I was sponsored by a butt hole.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Cat is still alive somewhere right? right?
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I'm ready for my next therapy session
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Altman paid $6.5bn to get documented proof that he received a hug from Jonny Ive.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Yes I would love the opportunity to make half as much money and work twice as hard.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
so it's ok to use substack now?
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
thats how you know you've made it
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
"Disagree and commit" is just power dynamics manipulation. Case in point: you never see someone with less power say this phrase and get someone with more power to commit to their idea. It's the same as "shut up and do as I say". Why employees give it as "advice" on LI is beyond me.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
so they don't riot in the streets and eat the rich.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Pretty soon hiring managers will require designers to pull up Figma during an interview for a live-design exercise to prove that their portfolio wasn't made by AI.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
genuinely shocked that not all content designers are also content creators. they're virtually the same set of skills amirite??
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
it's truly the best compliment
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Tech is always bragging about how it's "democratizing something", and it's never worked out well for anyone but the VCs. Mentorship democratized created 0 new jobs. Ride sharing democratized drove down driver earnings. Can't think of anything that tech truly democratized in meaningful/positive ways.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Designers and recruiters who talk about 'craft' and 'taste' don't actually know what these terms mean. They're just using it as a dog whistle to impress other designers and make them think that they're part of the 'in' crowd.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
yes but higher Ed should be held to a higher standard than most for profit businesses. they are tax exempt and enjoy benefits that other businesses don't for example.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
then they should stop talking about job placement rates and internships at tech companies. can't have it both ways, and dodge whatever's inconvenient.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Went to a designer event at Pratt Institute and it is unconscionable what design schools are doing. You can't charge ~$60,000 / YEAR for a degree that does not lead to a paying job. They're not even teaching hire-able skills. Nobody's hiring a Jr designer to just 'think' about design.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Designers who build and ship ‘high craft’ experiences with ‘exquisite taste' are now widely viewed as more experienced & better due conflation of employment rates & skill. E.g.: a mediocre product designer makes more than most of the best graphic designers, but it doesn't mean they're 'better'.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
that's what canva and figma slides are for!!!
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
why you no use canva or figma slides???
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Getting a design job in a tough market is such an open ended problem, you can easily over invest in some weird area that does nothing but makes you feel like it's doing something.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I've done a ton of design exercises. I'm well aware of the power dynamics. I'm also hosting a live stream in 5 hours to make fun of design exercises so you're preaching to the choir here.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
... for their 401k?
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
much credit to you, fillipos, filip gres, Ryan and Tommy G for making the impossible happen. nice to see accountability happen in this country for once.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Especially if they're public or owned by private equity... it's just a horrible spiral of layoffs and offshoring.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
New business idea after looking at over a dozen unethical take-home design challenges: we do your design challenge for you, give you a presentation deck and talking points too. Only $500, you in?? JK, it's like $3k worth of work. Why are you doing it for free?
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
We're grieving with you. Some days are just tough. Please take care of yourself, too.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I viewed recruiting solely as a problem to be solved, and forgot that I also needed to like to the work of solving the problem. So much of design work to me is just doing the necessary stuff that I don't like but was good at. I forgot I also need to like doing the recruiting work to be good at it.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
who's got the most fucked up design take home exercise? show me and I'll do it on live stream. must show company name so I can roast them while I do the stupidass exercise.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
game boy camera is not shitty. take that back
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
hmm let me math this out
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
how many would you need for one chicken nugget? like 10? 20? I'm a monster.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
No, it's 'benis'
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Smaller than a chicken nugget!!!
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Would take the helios 44 over that chinese lens 100%
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
It's insane that someone can steal other designer's content to build up a huge audience which then enables them to take paid speaking gigs away from the same people they stole from. That slot could have gone to Ruby Pryor, Amy Santee, or any UXR who creates good, original content. WTF Dovetail?
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I'm scared of getting hit on a bike ok?!??
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Petty confession time, early in my career, tech companies would have job fairs where they took resumes and gave out swag like stickers. I would paste the stickers of companies that ghosted me on my computer as some kind of weird motivation. The sticker that I remember the most? 'Infor' lol.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
does saying growing shareholder value 3x on a single LinkedIn ad summon the shareholder value fairy and boost shareholder value?
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Behold, the stupidest idea I've gotten, so far. Gather all the XU's who work in UX in NYC so we can grab drinks together.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
designers think they're innovating with AI but really they're just along for the ride as user testers. The people who decide how designers use AI aren't designers.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Design leaders talk about the impact of AI as binary outcomes of either replacing designers OR giving them super powers like it's a good thing. More likely designers will continue to exist, they'll be able to do more with less, but they'll also be paid less. Just look at robots + warehouse workers.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
2025 vibe: "I know the CEO is kind of an awful shit person but the product they make is really useful!"
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
definitely Russian psyops at play here.
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
truth
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hang xu @hangxu.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
are these the new uggs or finger toe shoes
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