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Designing in the Unknown: Insights from Harness Mentor Kayla Heffernan Ambiguity is the natural state of UX. The problems are rarely well-defined, the users don’t always behave as expected, and business priorities can change overnight. Great designers don’t avoid that uncertainty — they learn to navigate it. Few illustrate this better than Kayla Heffernan, one […]

Being Prepared for Today’s UX/UI Design Job Market When you’ve designed for products used by millions every day, you see the craft differently. Hieu Quach, now Staff Product Designer at Adobe Express and formerly Senior UX Designer and Lead Product Designer at Atlassian, has spent years shaping how people create, collaborate, and connect online. He […]

When it comes to breaking into UX design, there’s no shortage of advice online. But much of it comes from recruiters, influencers, or designers reflecting on their own isolated journeys. At Harness Projects, we’ve had a rare vantage point: we’ve supported hundreds of people from a wide range of backgrounds into paid UX roles—across the […]

Designing at Every Scale What Harness Projects Mentor Sam Hancock Learned from Working With Banks, Startups, and Mentoring Aspiring UX/UI Designers. We’re fortunate to have Sam Hancock as a mentor at Harness Projects for our upcoming UX/UI Design Career Launcher Course. He brings with him a wealth of experience that spans both ends of the UX spectrum. He’s led design work for […]

When Harness Cyber Mentor Simona Dimovski talks about Cybersecurity, She Starts with the Human Element With 25+ years in technology and security leadership, Simona has protected critical infrastructure, led high-stakes incident responses, transformed the security posture of financial and insurance organisations, and advised government on cyber resilience. She’s been CIO, CISO, Principal Advisor, NSW Cyber […]

From Dental and Retail Assistant to SOC Analyst — With No University Background Congratulations to  Harness Cybersecurity Career Launcher student Manilou Quang who just landed a job as SOC Analyst at Ionize before finishing her course! Read about Manilou’s journey here. When Manilou joined the Harness Projects Cybersecurity Career Launcher course, she didn’t come from a tech job — or even a university background. Her […]