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No one’s coming to save you: A designer’s unfiltered take on surviving a brutal market
The market didn’t flip overnight. You just weren’t paying attention.
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When impossible became normal
A story about the price of possibility
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Why arguing with the job market is a waste of time
Clarity, not credentials, is the real currency now.
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I automated my design job (And became more valuable)
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Nerding out in public is the new thought leadership
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The career game you didn’t know you were playing
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AI can design. So what are you actually paid for?
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I’ve seen 1000s apply for jobs. Here’s what actually works.
 • Mindaugas
Principles for when the world stops needing what you’re great at.
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How to reboot your career without blowing up your life
A lived-in framework for mid-career fog
 • Mindaugas
I’ve seen 1000s apply for jobs. Here’s what actually works.
Stop the application spray-and-pray. Instead, use this 3-step method that turns your network into your personal headhunting team.
 • Mindaugas
Principles for when the world stops needing what you’re great at.
You haven’t changed the work. You’ve just stopped getting what it used to bring back.
 • Mindaugas
I automated my design job (And became more valuable)
Most designers fear AI tools will make them irrelevant. This one used them to become indispensable.
 • Mindaugas
The priesthood of process
The critics aren't afraid you'll fail. They're afraid you'll succeed without them.
 • Mindaugas
I built a career coaching system with AI in days. And got paying customers.
I had no idea this was even possible until I tried. Here's how I built it and what I learned.
 • Mindaugas
The career game you didn’t know you were playing
Some of the most talented people I know can't find work.
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We are outsourcing the act of having an opinion
Thinking used to be a process, now it’s just a prompt.
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I thought I wasn’t creative. I was wrong.
For 30 years, I believed creativity was for other people. Then something changed.
 • Mindaugas
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Converting a decade of honest design conversations into sharp insights about how careers, power, and organisations really work. Mixed with stories from my own path through design, product, and entrepreneurship. For anyone trying to see the full picture.
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