March 30 cohort is underway.
Joseph here. March 30 cohort is underway. To everyone who DM'd, emailed, came to the workshops, took the Hiring…
Read issue →Tomorrow is Day 1.
Joseph here. Last one before the cohort starts. If you've been sitting on this for a week. Two weeks. A month. The gap…
Read issue →Monday morning, this starts.
Hey, it's Joseph. Last week a designer I work with was calling himself a "marketplace designer." Accurate. His last…
Read issue →March 30 cohort — who it's for (and who it's not)
March 30 cohort starts in 3 days. Before you DM me — let me save you time. This is for you if: You have 5-20+ years of…
Read issue →Something changes by week 2
The number I'm most proud of has nothing to do with job offers. It's this: most designers who go through The Backdoor…
Read issue →The hardest part isn't the job search
The hardest part of being an experienced designer at a crossroads isn't the job search. It's asking for help. You've…
Read issue →12 years. One career move. Everything changed.
12 years in one organization. Not stuck. Growing. Leading initiatives. Working across teams and technologies. Then the…
Read issue →She wasn't sure she wanted to stay in design.
She told me on our first call: "I need to figure out what kind of designer I want to be. Or even if I should be a…
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