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Gary Eimerman Gary Eimerman
Updated on April 22, 2024

Is Your Skills Development Program Measuring the Right Data?

Data is as important to crafting good learning programs as it is every other aspect of business. But what kind of data should you track?

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Mark Kinsella Mark Kinsella
Updated on April 20, 2024

How Engineers Should Think About Performance Reviews and Promotions

With the right preparation and framing, your performance review will help you learn, grow and achieve your career goals.

Mark Kinsella Mark Kinsella
Updated on April 20, 2024

How to Make Career Pathways Work for Your Engineering Org

To thrive and grow, engineering teams must have clear, actionable performance goals that will lead devs to the next step in their careers.

Mark Kinsella Mark Kinsella
Updated on April 20, 2024

Which Engineering Pathway Is Right for You?

While not all engineering organizations are the same, they usually have some variation of the two types of pathways in the software engineering world: the IC and the EM. But there is a third, lesser-known option.

Billy Frazier Billy Frazier
Updated on April 20, 2024

What Designers Actually Do — and the True Value of Design

Designers, your work is a major investment, not a sunk cost. Don’t lose sight of your worth.

Victoria Gegalow Victoria Gegalow
Updated on April 20, 2024

6 UX Design Principles to Boost Your Well-Being

What’s good for design is also good for your nervous system.

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Jeff Link Jeff Link
Updated on April 20, 2024

Great Design Mentors Will Ask This Important Question

Craft is important, but can you communicate your purpose as a designer?

John Jarosz John Jarosz
Updated on April 20, 2024

3 Ways to Be a More Effective Experience Designer

First of all, dig deep to discover the job to be done.

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Billy Frazier Billy Frazier
Updated on April 20, 2024

Hey Designers, Stop Using Users

Don’t forget the “human” in human-centered design.

Billy Frazier Billy Frazier
Updated on April 20, 2024

10 Ways Designers Can Improve Collaboration With Software Developers

Relationships between designers and developers can sometimes be fraught. Here’s how to work with, and not against, your devs.