Danny Chen
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The Great UX Divide: Why I’m Looking at the “Scary” Sectors #shorts
I’ve been scanning the horizon of the design and engineering job market lately. And once you look past the noise, a very distinct pattern emerges. I call it The Great UX Divide. On one side, you have the “General Market”… Continue reading
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The Simple, Yet Forgotten Art of Observing #shorts
I arrived slightly early this morning, so I decided to use my time purposefully by finding a spot at Toastbox to sit down. I ordered an Iced Milo (both as a reward & to help replenish the energy used in… Continue reading
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Rough Re-Entry
For the last few months of my life, I have been mostly quiet on this platform because I intentionally wanted that time away. I needed time to work on many of the internal issues & struggles that we have been… Continue reading
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Struggles of the Old vs New
Hey guys, sorry for being away for quite some time. I needed the time to work on myself rather than talk about it. And that required some serious commitment. This is something that my old self has avoided for the… Continue reading
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Artisan-Mode: ON ✅
Hey wassup guys! After nearly a week of not posting anything, I thought it would be timely for me to now share an update. What a week it has been. We started our week with a collective effort to do… Continue reading
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Movement ≠ Progress. #shorts
Hey morning everyone! It’s Monday and so, a brand new week. Honestly, I’m really appreciate the “pause” that I’ve taken in the past week to just sit, be still with myself, and to take the time that was needed to… Continue reading
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Working on My Exit Strategy from Singapore’s Design Industry
Hey guys, it’s been a couple of days since my last entry. I was about to apologise for my recent silence, but I realized that I didn’t have to apologise for it. This recent adjustment to take my own personal… Continue reading
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Being Still is the Hardest Work. #shorts
I live as part of a society where we have been mostly rewarded for how productive we are. We are constantly setting goals, chasing after deadlines, work, and trying to fill up all of our time with what we have… Continue reading
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Choosing to Sit with the Ugliness (All of It) #shorts
As I step back into another week, I could feel my old mental patterns screaming at me, “Danny, it’s time to get back to work.”, “You have no time for this. You have to do this and that, so get… Continue reading
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Taking the Hits. Owning the Mess. #shorts
Today is the day that I have to begin taking the hits/heat from Mama. After the perpetual cycle of mistakes, faking it, lying and putting up false images/masks, Weizhi has created a ton of mess that I now have to… Continue reading
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