Technology / Skills
- Figma
- Heap Analytics
- Typescript (need to be able to read JS Code)
- JavaScript (need to be able to read JS Code)
- Need to be able to run Webapp and Mobile App locally
- UI Patterns for Mobile
- Web UI Patterns
- Accessibility Patterns
- Usability Patterns
- User Research Patterns
- A/B Testing Patterns
- Design Systems / Atomic Design
- Design Thinking
- Startegic Design
- Design Sprint
- Design Ops
- Dark Patterns
- Microinteractions
- Material Design
- CSS
- HTML
- React
- Responsive Design
- LLMs and UX Writing
- LLMs and UX Research
- LLMs and Figma Design
Design Challenges Round 1
- (1) Design a Netflix-like clone
- (2) Design a Spotify-like clone
- (3) Design a Uber-like clone
- (4) Design a Amazon-like clone
- (5) Design a Facebook-like clone
- (6) Design a Modern Bank Webapp
- (7) Design a Metrics Dashboard app
Research/Presentation Challenges Round 1
- (1) Research Modern Banking
- (2) Research Modern Credit Cards
- (3) Research Modern Payments Solutions
- (4) Research Modern FinTech Startups
- (5) Research Modern Open Banking
- (6) Research Modern Loans
- (7) Research Modern Marketplaces
Random Challenges Round 1
- (1) Pick up 10 random UIs and make proposals to make them better (use Figma)
- (2) Pair with an Engineer everyday 2h per day (UI or Mobile)
- (3) Given a bad UI - make 8 versions of the UI and write trade-offs + Figmas
- (4) Do UX reasearch on a random app/domain
- (5) Do UX writting for core flows of a random UI
- (6) Propose a new feature for a random app
- (7) Do a usability test on a random UI
Books
- Principles of Software Architecture Modernization
- Continuous Modernization
- Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
- The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
- Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
- Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products (Silicon Valley Product Group)
- Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group)
- Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
- The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
- The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
- The Startup Owner’s Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company
- UX Research: Practical Techniques for Designing Better
- Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams
- Outcomes Over Output: Why customer behavior is the key metric for business success
- The Jobs To Be Done Playbook: Align Your Markets, Organization, and Strategy Around Customer Needs
- User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product
- Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit: An Agile Toolkit (Agile Software Development Series)