Oh man, lots of thoughts upon reading this article. >Once your design library is connected to code and AI is smart enough to build ad-hoc interfaces on the fly

Oh man, lots of thoughts upon reading this article. >Once your design library is connected to code and AI is smart enough to build ad-hoc interfaces on the fly, the designer's role as an intermediary becomes less important. This is important, but only because it filters out the bad companies/PMs from the good ones. Sure, you can have an AI generate an interface, but is it the one that your customers need? Is it going to ask your customers whether the information that's shown is needed, is it going to get follow up feedback once it's released? >Ongoing layoffs and market instability have reduced the bargaining power that many designers wielded in the previous decade—and have cast a light on the transactional aspect of our work. Designers have convinced themselves that they had bargaining power, and I say this as a designer. We've told ourselves that we fought for a seat at the table, but haven't been able to keep it, and many times once we get it we've failed to convince businesses that we're delivering value due to not being able to speak businesses language. Also, our work has almost always been transactional; we deliver screens, user flows, other deliverables, and we get paid. For too long, the concept of "empathy" has put blinders on a lot of people to the fact that this is just another job. > if you’re looking for a new position, it might be time to look beyond the stereotypical career in Big Tech; plenty of other kinds of companies, industries, and problem spaces can benefit from strong designers. There's always been design jobs outside of Big Tech, but people didn't want to work there because it wasn't prestigious enough.