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HANG XU
Designer and ex-design recruiter
he/him
15-MINUTE TALK
OnlyFAANGs: An experiment in the new design job market
A few years ago, Hang moved from a senior staff design position role into design recruiting. Through the mass layoffs, he got a front-row seat to the extreme volatility of the job market and design hiring requirements.
He’s currently in the process of returning to a full-time design role and launched the OnlyFAANGs project to document his attempts to land a top-tier role in only four months.
For this talk, Hang will break down his thinking and process in re-skilling, positioning around design craft, designing using AI tooling, and his observations of the hiring market.
MORE About thIS SPEAKER
Hang is an NYC-based senior product designer, community builder, and creator on LinkedIn.
After a decade in design, Hang transitioned into recruiting and community-building, ultimately founding Designer Friends, NYC’s most engaged senior product and UX design community.
Currently, Hang is in the midst of pivoting back into design via the OnlyFAANGs.design project where he attempts to upskill and land a top-tier design role in only 6 months.