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CSJ is a dear friend + first internship manager, co-founder and CEO of UX+ University, and my partner in organizing the UX+ Conference. In this episode, we talk about the problems and potential solutions in UX education, why there aren’t a lot of good design managers, and did a quick discussion on a designer-first job board wireframe. ✨ Topics with CSJ Why becoming a design manager is a huge ask Empowering designers within organizations Consequences of product-oriented environments The ideal perception of design in organizations, and the flip side Creating more design managers and learning manager skills What enables more design-centric companies Improving the design ecosystem Origin story: what problem is UX+ solving? Hiring, upskilling the design ecosystem Focusing on the early part of the career transition in design Creating forcing functions for learning Ideas from CSJ in evolving UX+’s model Discussing CSJ’s designer-first job board wireframe Empowering the candidate in the hiring process Getting companies to up their game 💎 Notes UX+ University UX+ Conference Job Board Wireframe

Dexter is my co-founder and partner at Swarm. He's one of the best founders I can think of — he's smart, funny, strategic, humble, and design + community-oriented. On this episode, we focused on what it means to be a second-time founder and his journey during the first one. 👀 Join our Discord community! ✨ Topics with Dexter: Being a second time founder Creating a culture of ownership Probing for ego when hiring Finding the right co-founders Founder break-ups Saying no and being committed to your goals Not creating the necessity to take investor money Taking care of your investor line-up Thinking through what your product needs to achieve Humor and how Dexter was traumatized by Paul Graham Games and being a founder and lots more, TBH 💎 Notes Swarm On Deck Community Kalibrr Y-Combinator Dane Howard Joan Magno Aivin Solatorio Manny Ayala Endeavor Aaron Lee Paul Graham

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