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Danny Martinez

What Danny Martinez thinks about design

@danny-martinez · 19 positions · 0 changes of mind

Co-founder and CEO of Decimals, the scout network for hiring designers that powers the Dive Talent Network.

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8 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Danny Martinez has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingHiring managers can ask for a "design engineer" and mean two very different people: a designer who knows how to use Claude Code, or someone trained as an engineer who can design for themselves.

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    Their wordsThe way I kind of simplified my mind is like do you want a designer that knows how to use claw code because there's plenty of those or you want somebody who trained as an engineer, has background as an engineer that can design for themselves. Those are two very different profiles, but the same nomenclature gets used to like identify them.

    ↗Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job marketyoutube.com 1st of 19 in this recording

  3. Our readingThe general theme from hiring managers is that they want a tinkerer who uses the latest tools and is reimagining what it means to be a designer.

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    Their wordsI think the the general theme that comes back is I want someone that is a tinkerer, you know, is using the latest tools, is reimagining what it means to be a designer.

    ↗Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job marketyoutube.com 2nd of 19 in this recording

  5. Our readingBeing able to put your thinking into writing that does not read as written by Claude is a green flag in a design candidate.

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    Their wordsFor me, it's such a green flag. If you can put your thinking into writing and I can get through it and not think that it was written by Claude, that is green flag.

    ↗Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job marketyoutube.com 9th of 19 in this recording

  7. Our readingA Figma, slides or Dribble link as a portfolio does not necessarily rule you out, but with one chance at a first impression you start by overcoming the impression it creates.

    Their wordsMy take on it is I don't think it necessarily rules you out as a good designer, but I think I and I stick to this. You have one chance to create a first impression. You don't get a second chance to create a first impression. And if you're one of 50 and somebody's scrolling through quickly and the first thing that they get is a Figma link or a dribble, even if it's amazing work, you're already having to overcome that like initial impression that it's created.

    ↗Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job marketyoutube.com 11th of 19 in this recording

  9. Our readingDesigners who can translate a vague feeling into an actual product are way more in demand now.

    Their wordsI think what's what's kind of playing out is that the value of a designer that's able to translate hey vague feeling into actual product those people are way more in demand now.

    ↗Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job marketyoutube.com 13th of 19 in this recording

  11. Our readingHiring managers need to snap out of the old way of hiring and realize they are competing for a good designer, who will probably have their pick of offers.

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    Their wordsyou kind of need to snap out of that and you need to realize that you're competing for this person. If they're good, they're probably going to have their pick of offers.

    ↗Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job marketyoutube.com 14th of 19 in this recording

  13. Our readingHaving a recruiter, who is not a designer, do the first screen for a design job is not the right way to do it.

    Their wordsMost companies do the recruiter screen first, but I don't I just don't think that's the right way of doing it because you are putting somebody who is not a designer and you're getting them to do a screen for a design job.

    ↗Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job marketyoutube.com 16th of 19 in this recording

  15. Our readingA company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work.

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    Their wordsYou're not hiring me to be a politician. You're not hiring me to be a spokesperson. You are hiring a designer. And so just get into the design work.

    ↗Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job marketyoutube.com 17th of 19 in this recording