The real jobYou're designing interfaces for stressed job seekers, overwhelmed HR managers, and enterprise clients who think "user-friendly" means adding more buttons. You'll make AI interactions feel human and complex data feel simple. This isn't dribbble shots - this is design that ships.

What you're really signing up for:

• Designing interfaces that work for users in 25+ languages (RTL is fun!)

• Making video interview interfaces that don't terrify introverts

• Creating dashboards that display ML insights to people who think AI is magic

• Building design systems that developers actually follow

• Prototyping features in Figma that become reality in React

• User testing with actual users, not other designers

• Fighting for user needs against "but the competitor does it this way"

• Making enterprise software that doesn't look like it's from 2003

You probably have:

• Shipped designs used by thousands of real users

• Figma files organized enough that developers don't hate you

• Understanding of React/CSS enough to know what's possible

• Experience designing for multiple cultures/languages

• Portfolio showing complex problems made simple

• Ability to explain design decisions with data, not just "it feels better"

• Side projects where you designed and built everything

Epic work that makes us notice:

• Your design system is used by multiple companies

• Your UI kit has thousands of downloads

• You've redesigned a popular product and the redesign went viral

• Your case studies actually show the messy process, not just pretty outcomes

• You've built your own design tools because existing ones weren't enough

• Your personal site breaks conventions but somehow works perfectly

Why people fail:They show beautiful designs that are impossible to build. Or they can't explain their decisions beyond "clean aesthetic." Or they've never watched real users struggle with their designs.