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Jun 21, 2025

Career growth ladders are useless

In 2016, I created the first version of a growth ladder for product designers at Urban Company. It was just a list of tactical expectations…

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Jun 20, 2025

The skills you can’t skip

Good design is simple, but being a good designer isn’t. It’s not about looking busy or doing things that feel productive. The best…

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Jun 19, 2025

Your workspace is a co-founder

I clean my desk regularly but I like it dense. It typically gets cleaned every Saturday morning and becomes a hot pile of mess by the…

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Jun 18, 2025

The meeting you don’t have

Meetings are the office’s silent productivity killer. Their cost isn’t just the hour you spend in the room — it’s the half-hour of…

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Jun 17, 2025

Time — My most valuable reflection in 2024

This year, I am writing a bunch of year-end reviews.

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Jun 16, 2025

25 questions for a fresh start

I found this nice list of 25 questions on X a few days ago — 25 questions for a fresh start. I write most of my daily notes with questions…

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Jun 15, 2025

Innovation: Xiaomi gets it!

Xiaomi disrupted the smartphone and hardware market by offering high-quality, cutting-edge products at an accessible price point…

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Jun 14, 2025

Inside USB-C — Explained

Most nights, I spend time asking random questions on ChatGPT to learn about hardware, electronics, how everyday products are built. Here’s…

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Jun 13, 2025

Book notes: 101 things I learned in product design school

I don’t read book summaries. Neither should you. The following are mostly notes to myself for later reference, and are my interpretations.

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Jun 12, 2025

The modular bottle, hardware design, and some more

Modular bottle packaging

The modular bottle, hardware design, and some more

Amit Das

Amit Das

SVP, Design & Native products at Urban Company. Software & hardware designer. Ex Crux Intelligence, Housing.com, FusionCharts.com, Fab.com.

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