design team

also referred to as: design teams

6 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Sep 8, 2022 by Julie Zhuo · across every show →

Everything said about design team, oldest first

Sep 8, 2022 neutral
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Zhuo: Facebook's early design team was entirely technical
“And back in those days, you know, all of the design team was technical. So we were both the front end engineers as well as the designers.”
Julie Zhuo Sep 8, 2022 ▶ 6:54 Overcome imposter syndrome and accelerate your career | Julie Zhuo (Sundial, Facebook)
Mar 27, 2025 neutral
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Misra: Snap's core design team stayed at 10-12 people at 6,000 employees
“And the design team was like, 10, 12 people, basically pretty small, even at, you know, five, 6000 employees it was that small still.”
Gaurav Misra Mar 27, 2025 ▶ 37:55 How to win in the AI era: Ship weekly, embrace technical debt, ruthlessly cut scope, and more
Jun 12, 2025 negative
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Baxley: Large Design Teams Signal Ambiguous Corporate Cultures and Unclear Visions
“So if you look at the companies that have the largest design teams, they're often the companies that have the most ambiguous cultures and the most unclear design vision, right? When you go to companies that really know what they're doing, You know, and they're…”
Bob Baxley Jun 12, 2025 ▶ 36:29 35 years of product design wisdom from Apple, Disney, Pinterest and beyond | Bob Baxley
Apr 26, 2026
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Spiegel: Most Snap design team hires join directly out of school
“In fact, most people join our design team right out of school. you know, not from a big tech company or something like that.”
Evan Spiegel Apr 26, 2026 ▶ 40:04 How to win when software is not a moat | Evan Spiegel (Snapchat CEO)
Apr 26, 2026 positive
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Spiegel: Snap's core design team stays between 9 and 12 people
“And at the same time, we have a very, very small, you know, it sort of oscillates between like nine and 12 people. Design team that is constantly innovating and creating new things”
Evan Spiegel Apr 26, 2026 ▶ 21:08 How to win when software is not a moat | Evan Spiegel (Snapchat CEO)
Aug 16, 2026 neutral
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Silber: OpenAI engineers see 10x-100x productivity gains while designers have not
“One of the big things that came up was, you know, we see that You know, engineers have 10 or sometimes like hundred extra productivity. But our design team hasn't, right? Because the design process still takes time.”
Ian Silber Aug 16, 2026 ▶ 4:41 Chatbots are not the final interface: OpenAI’s Head of Design on what’s next | Ian Silber
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