https://www.designwhine.com/leaving-ux-design-2026/ Tech Through A Design Lens Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:05:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.designwhine.com/leaving-ux-design-2026/#comment-316 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:05:10 +0000 https://www.designwhine.com/?p=17457#comment-316 The distinction between “Will AI replace designers?” and the darker question of whether designers still want the job feels especially sharp. Framing the shift as a consequence of the gap between UX’s pandemic-era promise and today’s reality makes the career exits—and the paths people are moving toward—feel much more understandable.

]]> https://www.designwhine.com/leaving-ux-design-2026/#comment-314 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:20:28 +0000 https://www.designwhine.com/?p=17457#comment-314 The article’s distinction between “Will AI replace designers?” and the darker question of whether designers still want the career is especially sharp. Framing the exodus as a consequence of UX becoming unlike the dream job promised during the 2010s and pandemic boom makes the discussion feel much more grounded than another AI-versus-design debate.

]]> https://www.designwhine.com/leaving-ux-design-2026/#comment-304 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:20:03 +0000 https://www.designwhine.com/?p=17457#comment-304 If you’ve seriously considered leaving UX, what changed the equation for you: the job market, burnout, lack of influence, AI, loss of craft, or simply wanting different work?

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