Learn from the best designers and developers from companies like Dribbble, Intercom, or Product Hunt. Every week we interview skilled and experienced professionals in your favorite field.

The Grit - Interviews with best designers and developers by Avocode

Andrew Lucas-Walsh is LA-based product designer, helping make software to support the content production process at Netflix's studio. During his career, he also managed a couple of design teams at Facebook, and now he's digging back into life as an individual contributor. He has worked on consumer products, developer tools, healthcare software, and tools for small businesses.

Accepting discomfort leads to growth with Product Designer at Netflix, Andrew Lucas-Walsh

The Grit: Andrew Lucas-Walsh, Product Designer at Netflix for Avocode

Chris Heilmann is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft working predominantly on the Edge browser and the developer ecosystem around it - including developer tools, integration chains, and editors like Visual Studio Code.

Chris Heilmann promises big things in the open-source space

We sat down with designer Bradley G. Munkowitz and talked about the importance of personal projects. He is famous for doing all the holograms in Tron Legacy, UI work in Oblivion or the Windows 10 desktop wallpaper.

GMUNK (Bradley G. Munkowitz) on the importance of personal design work

Yuan Wang is the Experience Design Lead at Airbnb. She previously led the design of Twitter Threads and worked as a Senior Designer at Mozilla. Explore some great lessons from her impressive design journey.

Making every Airbnb trip magical with Experience Design Lead, Yuan Wang

Noah Stokes is the Design Director at Dribbble. He started his career working for Apple, but he wasn’t happy with the job. How did he join the Dribbble, and what is he currently working on? Check The Grit episode - 009.

The journey towards giving designers spotlight on Dribbble with its Design Director Noah Stokes

Julie Delanoy is the Head of Product Design at Product Hunt. Besides helping startups and makers build and launch their products, she is building a platform - Remote Stories, where people share their experience about remote work.

Head of Product Design at Product Hunt shares her tips for building your own freelance business

The Grit - Julie Delanoy, Head of Product Design at Product Hunt for Avocode

Tori Hinn is the Creative Director of Figma. Her portfolio includes clients like Apple, Etsy, or Google. She also started a project Women of Graphic Design in hopes of correcting some of the design’s gender bias.

Gender equality in design with Creative Director of Figma, Tori Hinn

The Grit - Tori Hinn, Creative Director of Figma for Avocode

Jory Raphael is the Lead Icon Designer at Font Awesome. He worked on several projects for Apple, including icons for the Apple Store iPad software. He also founded Notabli - a private social network focused around families.

Designing icons with Lead Icon Designer at Font Awesome, Jory Raphael

The Grit - Jory Raphael, Lead Icon Designer at Font Awesome for Avocode

Ivy Mukherjee is the Senior Product Designer at GRAB. Previously, she designed for Growth & Onboarding at Shopify, aiming to create experiences, where users don’t need to ask any questions. She’s passionate about Design Systems and intrigued by inclusiveness and accessibility.

Why work for a hyper-growth product company with Ivy Mukherjee

The Grit - Ivy Mukherjee, Senior Product Designer at GRAB for Avocode

Meng To is designer and the author of Design+Code Book. He is a self-taught UI/UX designer who transitioned to digital work. His passion lies in helping people improve their skills in both design and code, especially learning to implement design in real products.

Teaching designers how to code with Design+Code creator Meng To

The Grit - Meng To, Author of Design+Code Book for Avocode

I’m a Digital Product Designer at Lyft, designing software for self-driving cars. I’m also a published author, developer, design advisor, and semi-entrepreneur. Previously I worked as Product Design Lead at Atlassian…

From high school dropout to product designer at Facebook and Lyft: Tanner Christensen

Jasmine Friedl is the Head of Design at Intercom. For five years, she led design at Facebook on projects like Payments in Messenger, Safety Check, and Summit Learning Platform. Read about her lessons learned during her impressive career path.

The career path of the new Head of Design at Intercom: Jasmine Friedl

The Grit - Jasmine Friedl, Head of Design at Intercom for Avocode

People high in grit are able to maintain their determination and motivation over a long period of time. They overcome the obstacles to achieve greatness. It has become even a better precursor to success…

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