Feb 24, 2021Portfolios for Design Managers?TL;DR — My portfolio is a happy, effective team. — It has been seven years since I have looked for a job. Back then, I had no real management experience, and was still actively designing and coding interfaces. So when searching, I knew the value of having a portfolio of my work (Behance for design, GitHub for code). …Hiring4 min readHiring4 min read
Sep 24, 2016Hiring UX at HireologyIn one of the Slack communities I spend some time with, someone recently asked the questions below about how companies hire. I thought the answers would make a nice post, so here we are. …Hiring5 min readHiring5 min read
May 26, 2016“No Assholes” HiringHow to ensure you hire great employees — Hireology has five core values. They are, in no particular order: Eager to Improve, Own the Result, Create WOW Moments, Pathological Optimism, and No Assholes. While every potential hire is measured against these five, it is the last one — No Assholes — that I believe is key to making…Hiring4 min readHiring4 min read
Apr 9, 2015“Should designers code” is the wrong questionIt seems like every couple of months, a new “should designers code” blog post pops up. Some of these articles even do a great job of balancing the pros and cons of learning code. And yet comments on this issue are usually of the “of course they should” variety. As…User Research2 min readUser Research2 min read
Jun 4, 20135 Design AnswersTell us who you are in one sentence. — My name is Sean, and I am a husband, father, and front-end engineer and designer. If you weren’t a designer, what would you do? I would probably be in the education field, teaching college or adult classes, or possibly in a training department somewhere. I enjoy teaching, because it is a great way to learn. What is something you wished you designed, either because you love it, or because you feel you could have done it better?1 min read1 min read
