What Derek Briggs thinks about hiring
Designer and developer. Principal designer at Shopify; before that head of design at Hypermode (with Kevin Van Gundy, acquired) and, in 2024, Director of Design at Clerk.
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2 dated positions, 2024 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Derek Briggs has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsI think companies are wasting their time if they're trying to hire tons of these people to be responsible for all these areas when you can very horizontally deploy them through Markdown files.
↗Derek Briggs - Scaling craft at Shopifyyoutube.com 12th of 13 in this recording
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Their wordsfocusing on hiring the right people for the job and just letting them do their job. You think that they're the best person for this, so don't question what they're doing. Then the velocity's higher, the pride is higher, and I think you just get to where you want to be quicker.
↗Derek Briggs - Creating a design culture of craft (Dive Club Ep. 34)youtube.com 6th of 7 in this recording