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Danny Martinez

What Danny Martinez thinks about management

@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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5 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.

    Anthropicdesignhiring

    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 readingHiring managers' bias is to doubt that someone who spent five to ten years at FAANG has really been at the forefront, pushing and tinkering.

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    Their wordsI think people's biases go towards like hey you know if they've been at fang for like 5 10 years then have they really been at the forefront have they really been pushing have they really been tinkering

    ↗Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job marketyoutube.com 6th of 19 in this recording

  7. Our readingA portfolio that could be one-shotted, or that looks very familiar next to someone else's, is going to put hiring managers off.

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    Their wordsif you feel like your portfolio can be oneshotted or that it looks very familiar to someone else's portfolio that's going to put hiring managers off.

    ↗Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job marketyoutube.com 12th of 19 in this recording

  9. 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