Andy Zhang - From early Figma to design engineer at Windsurf — Dive Club 🤿

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This week's episode is with Andy Zhang who was the lead design engineer at Windsurf. 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 <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