{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"State of Play","title":"Josh Puckett: Design Has Never Been More in Demand. So Why Can't Juniors Get Hired?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2435,"description":"Josh Puckett went goblin mode for four weeks to ship Interface Craft — a course where you pick a library card, sign your name on it, and insert it into a web interface that unlocks everything behind it.He's been designing for close to 20 years. Dropbox. Wealthfront. He's mentored and placed hundreds of designers through Upper Study. He invests into early-stage tools companies through Combine VC.We talk phantom competency, uncommon care, why a chef who cooks one new dish a week should probably find a different career, and whether \"AI native\" is a real skill or just the new \"mobile designer.\"Get the UX Tools Newsletter (written by me)Join 100,000+ designers for weekly insights on creative software and the people shaping it: https://uxtools.coCHAPTERS:00:00 - \"You have to demonstrate high slope\"00:14 - Who is Josh Puckett01:53 - Coming out of the Interface Craft launch04:03 - Goblin mode & going dark to build04:45 - The Wealthfront chapter: 4-person design team05:49 - Has design actually changed?08:22 - Phantom competency & AI as apprenticeship09:34 - LLMs as tutors: where they help, where they miss11:20 - What are you telling designers right now?12:32 - Uncommon effort vs. uncommon taste16:19 - Discovery has changed: social as a portfolio19:18 - \"AI native\" is just the new \"mobile designer\"21:50 - High slope: what it looks like24:10 - The playground pattern25:47 - What to do with the anxiety29:31 - Uncommon care: just give a shit31:44 - Shot selection: where to invest your time35:31 - What multi-perspective gives you37:30 - Product design is not art38:42 - Why designers are the least happy with AI39:52 - One post away from changing your lifeABOUT STATE OF PLAYHost Tommy Geoco discovers what fuels the internet's most interesting designers and builders.LINKS:Interface Craft: https://interfacecraft.dev/Upper Study: https://upperstudy.comFollow Josh: https://x.com/joshpuckettFOLLOW ME:X / Twitter: https://x.com/designertomInstagram:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Q4goNjMCyLVJblsVd-hc65Y9xpTGIkbjq5L00Huluhg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kZTM4/NTdjYjhlYmI5NzU0/YjRlNDNkMjFiNDgy/NTRhNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}