Your first design role
A practical roadmap from your first case study to a considered job application. Includes public Microsoft hiring links.
By Abhijeet’s resource desk
THE GOOD STUFF, ALL IN ONE PLACE
Your next great idea
starts here.
Less hunting through bookmarks.
More making something that matters.
97 resources · Curated September 2026
The case study workbook
Turn a pile of screens into a story about your decisions. Prompts for the problem, evidence, trade-offs, and outcome.
By Abhijeet’s resource desk
The referral-ready profile
What to fix before you ask anyone to put their name next to yours — and a short, specific way to write the ask.
By Abhijeet’s resource desk
Ship one small AI-assisted project
A two-week plan for building something real with an AI coding assistant, testing it with five people, and writing it up without overclaiming.
By Abhijeet’s resource desk
Lucide Icons
Clean, consistent outline icons with adjustable strokes. A dependable starting point for everyday interfaces.
By Eric Fennis & the Lucide community
Fluent 2 Design Kits
Explore Microsoft’s public UI kits and learn how components, tokens, and accessibility work together.
By Microsoft Design
Untitled UI — Free edition
A focused set of global styles, basic components, and page examples. The larger PRO library is separate.
By Jordan Hughes
User Flow Diagram Template
Map how someone gets from an intention to an outcome before you commit to screens.
By Jarek Ceborski
Inclusive Design Toolkit
Practical tools and activities for recognizing exclusion and designing with a wider range of people.
By Microsoft Design
User interview starter kit
A research brief, non-leading interview prompts, consent reminders, and a simple synthesis worksheet.
By Abhijeet’s resource desk
The portfolio self-review
A practical pre-send checklist: clarity, evidence, accessibility, ownership, and the details easy to miss.
By Abhijeet’s resource desk
Design job application tracker
Keep roles, portfolio versions, outreach, and follow-ups in one simple spreadsheet. Open in Sheets or Excel.
By Abhijeet’s resource desk
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