Скачать или смотреть Andy Zhang - From early Figma to design engineer at Windsurf

This week's episode is with Andy Zhang (https://x.com/andyzg3/) who was the lead design engineer at [Windsurf](https://windsurf.com/). So we're going to shine a light on all of the ways you can make an impact as a design engineer including:

Owning more of the frontend polish
Thinking through design patterns and packaging features
Bridging the gap between technical features and intuitive UX
Saying “no” to features to preserve the simplicity of the system

He also shares some great stories and advice including:

What it was like working as an intern at Figma with less than 10 people
How designers can start to get more comfortable with code
How he taps into his experience as a PM at Uber while selecting the right design process
+ a lot more

Rasmus Andersson (https://x.com/rsms) - Designer/engineer at Figma, mentor to Andy
Kevin Hou (https://x.com/kevinhou22?lang=en) - Lead product engineering at Windsurf, Andy’s basketball teammate who helped him get the job

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:10 Andy's internship at Figma
10:35 Finding a role as a generalist
16:22 Moving needles with design patterns
21:24 Systems thinking in a world that's changing so fast
23:20 Andy's creative process as a design engineer
26:38 Andy's process for working on new features
31:03 What happens when there are so many new workflows
34:34 How much coding Andy is doing
40:26 How Andy wants to position his career moving forward
42:16 Andy's favorite part about the Windsurf culture
43:57 Advice for people interested in design engineering

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