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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Millennials de-escalate by adding "lol" at the end of everything. AIM tendencies.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

Leadership role expectations: - 24/7 thought leadership - Conference speaking - Podcasts interviews Leadership role reality: - Saying the same things over again consistently at scale - Asking two teams if they’ve talked to each other - Finding where that Google doc is

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David Hoang

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1 year

Startup idea: An app where teens can compliment each other, anonymously.

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David Hoang

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2 years

This is my favorite writing setup.

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David Hoang

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5 years

60% of male managers should not be managers.

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David Hoang

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3 years

Remember the I Am Rich app?

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David Hoang

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6 months

My holiday tradition is going on GoFundMe to find campaigns of people raising money for their cat’s vet bills. I find the ones most off track and donate the entire amount.

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David Hoang

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

I had a manager who had our design team update our personal portfolios every quarter. It startled a lot of people who wondered why she would have us do that. The more you let go, the more you enable retention. A few examples of what resonated throughout the process...

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David Hoang

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3 years

Even if you’re fully vaccinated the CDC recommends finishing your side projects before buying new web domains.

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David Hoang

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3 years

@actatumonline

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

MillenniLOL.

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David Hoang

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2 years

Personal news: moved into product management.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

There are two types of people: 1. Those who download their company logo from their brand asset library 2. Those who search Google images for their company logo.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Twitter starting to look like a Tableau dashboard.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Babe are you okay? You've hardly touched that Good Reads alternative app you started as a side project last year.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

I’d love more boring friends. I rarely drink alcohol, focusing on eating clean, and enjoy being at home to research, learn, tinker, experience music/movies, and that’s about it.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

*closes work Webflow and Figma accounts* Ah, time for the weekend... *opens personal Webflow and Figma accounts*

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

“The Social Dilemma” is the “White Fragility” of tech documentaries.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Imagine being in the place of privilege where societal and political discussions is simply a distraction vs. being what directly impacts your life. So tired of this “works on my machine” mindset.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Should Stripe ever decide to IPO, its liquidity event for employees might be larger than if they founded their own companies. Being entrepreneurial and contributing to startups doesn’t mean you have to be the founder. It’s okay to be an employee.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Be the manager you wish you had.

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David Hoang

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4 years

Standing in solidarity with all the hot people who found product market fit.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Is this UX or UI

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

1 year

Future-proofing my career by being nice to gen z and AI.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Bought a piece to pay homage to the greatest iPhone of all time.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

1 year

After almost four years at @Webflow , my chapter comes to a close this week. In many ways, I thought I'd be there for the rest of my career. I'm grateful to have worked with incredible people, on a product I believe so much in.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Budget planning for engineering: "$2m for EC2 instances? Sounds great!" Budget planning for design: "Whoa, whoa. What's this tool 3 people need that's $9.99 a month?"

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

After nearly 20 years, I said goodbye to my best friend today. I knew this day would come when I first got you as a 10-week old kitten, and in other ways, I thought you’d be around forever. You’re at peace now. Thank you for all the memories. I’ll miss you so much, Wilson.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

It’s bizarre to me how much time people spend time rationalizing what city is the best. It’s what you make of it. Embrace where you live and know it is the second best city next to New York.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Twice a year, I send an email update to a group of people who made a huge impact on my career. I write an update similar founders do with investor to let them know how I’m doing and asks. I also remind them the impact they made on me. Keep thanking those who backed you.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

1 year

Some personal news: I joined Replit as an Operating Partner, Design + Research. I’m excited to partner with @HayaOdeh to bring the best collaborative coding experience to the most accessible operating system—the browser.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Me years ago: My goal is to teach at this prestigious design school. Me now: I want to teach at a community college so it’s easier for people to get access to me.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

How to make your product better: use the product.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

I miss when this was the most chaotic thing to happen on Twitter.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Memorial Day weekend plans. 1. Build a consumer app 2. Raise Series A from a16z 3. Take a nap 4. Raise Series B from a16z 5. IPO

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

1 year

How many of you thought SSENSE was pronounced “Ssss-sense” instead of “essence”?

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

1 year

When someone says they need something "ASAP" I simply ask, "what happened to lead this to be ASAP?"

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

There are not enough User Research memes.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

It was very emotionally hard to be at work today.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Some pre-seed investors asking questions like they work at Tiger Global. All you can bet on is the founder and their ability to execute.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Would anyone be interested in a post about tips for managers with ADHD?

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

7 months

Hardware I wanted to be great: Coin card, Light L16 Camera, Misfit wearable

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

I'm writing about how art school kids are built different. If you now work in engineering/design/product and studied art, I'd love to hear how it helped you in your role today.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

If you invest in startups looking to disrupt the trigonometry market would you be an angle investor? Or would that be too obtuse?

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

There are so many Design Director or higher roles in the market right now—the most I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a revolving door or the same leaders switching roles. The design industry didn’t develop a leadership pipeline and we are seeing the results of it.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

I’ve been rejected from ❌ Apple ❌ Airbnb ❌ Etsy ❌ Dropbox ❌ Google ❌ LinkedIn ❌ Netflix ❌ Pandora ❌ Stripe ❌ Square The good news: none of these were personally and you only need one yes.

Anna Fine AF at Config 🙂

@somefinetweets

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I've been rejected from ❌ Anomaly (hired a yr later) ❌ R/GA (hired 7 yrs later) ❌ Google (offered a job 4 yrs later) ❌ Facebook (walked away from interview 4 yrs later) ❌ Tinder (ghosted once it was down 2 candidates) Moral of the story: what goes around comes back around

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

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@histoftech Air fryer

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Some people have the ability to unlock opportunities for people simply by forwarding an email, yet don't do it enough. Leveraging your network to help others is so important. There is a duty that comes with being in a position of power and influence.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

22 days

After an incredible year at @Replit , I'm saying farewell to amazing people working on an ambitious mission I personally care deeply about—feels like yesterday I started as an advisor and quickly joined full-time.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Moving forward, I am never going to ever work at a place that doesn't have product ops and design ops.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

10 months

I am very collaborative.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

9 months

Some personal news: I started a new role at Replit as VP of Marketing and Design—two orgs at the heart of CX. We have an ambitious mission and I'm looking to connect with folks in AI, Dev Rel, and Brand & Creative to join us.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Steve Jobs pulling the original MacBook Air out of a Manila envelope was great storytelling.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

Great managers work on career development for their team members for not only while they are at the company and go beyond. I still talk to many former direct reports about career development and always will be there for them.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

Updating your portfolio should be ongoing and a reflection tool and not only for prepping for departure.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

The way a leader treats you when you leave a company is telling of their character. Do they support you in your career the same way when they tried to recruit you? No matter how challenging it can be, they should always treat you with class as you exit.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Things I immediately do when setting up a new Mac. - Turn off all system notifications - Turn off autocorrect - Set ⌘-V to "Paste and Match Style" to remove formatting

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Spotting talent in what people can become is much harder than evaluating current experience. What attributes and behaviors come to mind that give you a signal on someone’s trajectory?

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

The next evolution of designers will need to have the ability to build and foster communities.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

We currently have 18 (!!!) roles open at @webflow across Design, Engineering, Marketing, People, Product, and Sales. Two things you can do to help us: 1. Apply if you're interested! 2. Boost this for BIPOC candidates to be aware of the opportunities

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

When the pandemic is over I want to make espresso for all my friends with this beauty.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Huge congrats to @nlevin on his new role as VP of Product Design at Figma. Incredibly honored to know you as a friend and exciting to see more design execs! 👏

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

@littlestwayne Julia Child and Maya Angelou my all star backcourt.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

The one extrovert on your design team is a gift.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

The past 36 hours have been so devastating. My heart is shattered. The house is so quiet without him around. The first photo I took of him 19 years ago and one of the final ones. I miss him so much.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

We really need companies to stop using being a small or early startup as an excuse to be negligent about accessibility, DEI, and ethics. Starting with this in the first place is how you truly scale.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

If you build in public, don’t forget to build.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

iOS reminded me I met ⁦ @ijustine ⁩ 12 years ago (!!!) today.

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David Hoang

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Software is beautiful.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

This was built in Figma.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

The best managers I've had all have one thing in common. They are great orchestrators—putting the work in behind the scenes making everyone on their team look like the star.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

Me: I want to be a designer Also me: I want to be an engineer Still me: I want to be a product manager

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

I keep sketchbooks, scan them, and keep a digital library of my analog ideas. Why? Digital note taking is hard for me to remember and recall. Here are a few screens of my workflow in how I organize them.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Uninstalled work apps on the phone, put the work laptop in a locker, and off for a week. What you see here is all I’m using as I rest, recover, and explore. ✌️

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

1 year

Being a person in tech with an art degree is the ability to afford all the art supplies you wanted but no time to paint.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

I've often seen after you have people update their portfolio, they are so proud of what they've done that it re-ignites what they're working on and motivated to stay even longer.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Me interviewing at Apple back in the day. Interviewer: Show us your work. Me: I can’t. Interviewer: Good fit.

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Thoughts n prayers today for all the agency product designers who got nothing except nda projects

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David Hoang

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3 years

Proposal to have clarity on who has been fully vaccinated.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

@inkxel You’re going to crush the hiring manager screening.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 months

I feel for people starting in tech now. When I started, I learned directly from experienced designers, product managers, and engineers—pairing and collaborating in the studio/office. It feels like that's been replaced with an abundance of paid courses.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

1 year

“I think more designers should rise up and start companies.” — @bchesky #Config2023

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

1 year

The calm before the storm. This week is going to be bananas.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

Someone asked me how often I think about the designers I used to manage. The answer is simple. All the time. I’ll always feel invested in their life and professional career beyond the time we worked together.

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David Hoang

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Context

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This is next level.Nikita: built an app called tbh where teens could compliment each other, anonymously. Facebook bought the app and shut it down. Nikita vested out, then built an app called Gas where teens could compliment each other, anonymously. Discord bought the app and…

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David Hoang

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3 years

Though I appreciate the love for Webflow, Figma is an incredible tool. Our design team uses Figma to explore possibilities and constraints can be set with it. Creator tools have different purposes and resonate with various people.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

1 year

Issue 145: Dynamic Interfaces

Dynamic Interfaces

145: What if a UI could design itself?

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

I think Brand Design and Product Design will look very different in the next few years as AI/ML becomes more naturalized. There will be a stark contrast between efficiently manufactured and iconic/expressive—harmonious, not at odds. BD will do more product and PD more engineering

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Once you have Design Ops on your team you’ll never go back.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Am I the only one who doesn't enable iMessage on a work machine?

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

4 years

I am often concerned when companies are remote-friendly only for engineering. What does that say about how they perceive the value of engineering? At Webflow, whether you’re an engineer, product manager, EA, marketing person (and more), remote is not only welcome, it’s the norm.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

1 year

10,000+ Designers going to overthrow Product Management after Brian Chesky’s endnote chat at #Config2023

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

Today marks four years together. Who knew one brunch at Gjelina in Venice would lead to this. Jessica was ready to start dating again and I was the “test date.” Things in life often don’t happen as you plan it. Be happy that it happened. ❤️

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

I’m applying the rule “don’t use a computer until your intention is clear.” I wrote two posts on pen and paper. It took 10m to type it up on a word processor then spent most the time editing—same method with design. It’s helped my effectiveness and quality of life tremendously.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 months

One of the greatest acts of love you can do for a creative introvert is give them time to be alone.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

People block out deep work days then have 50 browser tabs open and then stare aimlessly at their screens.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

Years of experience can also be an indicator of how long someone has been bad at their job. Don’t use YOE as the primary bar of evaluation.

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

So sad to hear about the layoffs at InVision. It was a company that helped put design on the map with some incredible people. My team at Webflow is hiring and we are looking for: - Product Design Director (Growth) - Product Design Manager - Product Designers across many teams

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

2 years

SVP - Senior Vice President VP - Vice President AVP - Alien vs. Predator

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David Hoang

@davidhoang

3 years

I'm giving a talk soon about "From IC to Manager." What are some things you'd like to learn about?

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