Huddle

We sat down with Trevor Nielsen, Sr. Product Designer at Giddy and discussed his career trajectory and what to expect as a sole designer at a startup. Trevor breaks down what to look for and what to run from in a company culture and approach to building products. Thanks so much for joining us Trevor! Find Trevor on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevordesign Music by: @halfcoolmusic

We sat down with Eric Han, a full-stack developer at Inkblot Therapy to discuss what a successful relationship with your developer will look like and how to build it. Eric is more than just a developer, he is also an accomplished designer in the fashion world and now runs his company Pillar Brand when he's not pushing code. With Eric's background as a designer and as a creative, his perspective as a developer defies the stereotypes and the insights he provides us made for a great interview. Find Eric's work with Pillar here: https://www.instagram.com/pillarbrand/?hl=en Eric on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-han6/ Get started as a developer: https://www.codecademy.com/ Music by:  @halfcoolmusic 

In this episode we interview best selling author, Nir Eyal as a continuation of our conversation in episode 004 where we cover the concepts covered in his book, Hooked: How To Build Habit Forming Products. We discuss the Morality of Manipulation, where designers will find themselves on the Manipulation Matrix and what to do when you find yourself in a spot you're less happy with on that spectrum. Find more of Nir's work at: https://www.nirandfar.com/ Music by: @half.coolmusic

We discuss the relationship between developers and designers and how best to communicate and align on goals early. Meredith also shares how they found community and mentors they could relate to in their identity and queerness. Meredith discusses how important finding and building community is for underrepresented juniors entering the field of tech. Music by @half.cool

We had a great talk with our friend Wes, who champions security by creating allies within other teams to advocate with him for the users. We learn what we can do as designers to integrate security into our design process and advocate for it early. For a better look at the web of security Wes mentions and we show briefly: https://images.app.goo.gl/Jmk1Jnth7wznD5CB7 Music by  @halfcoolmusic