Michael A Nguyen

Senior (UX) Product Designer,
former architect
I believe in empathy,
failing fast, and
begging for forgiveness.
ABOUT ME ⇩

Virtual Internships

𖤘 Interaction design
𖤘 Responsive web;
𖤘 Dual-sided marketplace;
𖤘 Growth experiments


[Most recent]

Designing for 0-1

LET'S "ZERO" IN

SAP Fieldglass

𖤘 Visual design;
𖤘 Designing from scratch;
𖤘 B2B enterprise

[shorter work project during "20% time"]

Laid off due to COVID?
Helping people find work

YOU'RE HIRED

SpotHero

𖤘 Interaction design;
𖤘 Product thinking;
𖤘 Internal tools

[longer case study]

Rebooking a parking reservation

FIND A "SPOT"
🌙 SIDE HUSTLE (archived)
Can I visit yet? (Traveling post-COVID)
🎤 PUBLIC SPEAKING
UX Meetup Talk (youtube)
📷 CHEESE!
Photography
🎨 OTHER CREATIVE WORK
Dribbble
🛠️ TOP TOOLS
  • Figma; Figjam
  • Sketching; whiteboarding
  • Inspecting on Chrome
  • Userzoom
  • HTML/CSS; Webflow
  • Slack; Kanban's; Notion
💼 HOW I WORK
  • 40% collaborative working sessions & 60% independent time
  • Obsess over a tidy inbox and up-to-date calendar
  • A night owl (as of now)
  • Over-communicate when necessary
  • Proactively transparent and honest when things get tough
  • Be inclusive by encouraging unheard voices and then speaking last
💡PRINCIPLES
  • If it's broken, own it and fix it
  • Listen in order to understand -- not simply to respond
  • Every challenge is an opportunity
  • When in doubt, google it
📚 RECENTLY READ
  • Crossing the Chasm (Geoffery Moore)
  • Making of a Manager (Julie Zhuo)
  • Unscalable (Charlie Guo)
  • Algorithms to Live By (Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths)
𖤘 Building UX maturity;
𖤘 Design systems;
𖤘 Reflections


[Design ops
as lead designer]

"If I build a design culture..."

WILL THEY COME?

I'm an architect-turned-product designer with a penchant for mercurial traveling and exploring different cultures, food, and languages.

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