How to break into product design in 2026 (REAL truth)

As a designer at Pinterest, here's what I would do in a world of AI. 🤔 ✩ About me ✩ I’m Lily, a product designer (UX) at Pinterest, based in San Francisco. I went to fine arts school on the East Coast and broke into Silicon Valley with no network. I've been featured on Apple News and Business Insider. I love sharing what's it like working in design and tech. Learn UX and product design for free with me 👇🏻 : 👩🏻‍💻 Watch my FREE Figma Course ↠ https://www.designalily.com/figma-fun... 📝 Get my FREE list of 101 whiteboard challenges from Silicon Valley ↠ https://www.designalily.com/101-white... 📚 Get my FREE behavioral interview ebook + cheatsheet ↠ https://www.designalily.com/prepped ☁️ Get my FREE eBook for storytelling ↠ https://www.designalily.com/storytell... ⚡Get my FREE eBook to product strategy ↠ https://www.designalily.com/productst... --- 👩🏻‍💻 Connect with moi Email Club (exclusive events first announced here) ↠ https://designalily.com/join Instagram ↠   / designalily   ✉️ Professional Inquiries Contact ↠ [email protected] --- AGENDA 0:00 What I do and how I started 0:25 How I uplevel core skills 1:35 How to create a case study when you have no experience 3:33 AI sucks at designing this 4:33 My (default) prototype tool 5:13 Interview exercises and tutorials 6:30 Crazy true story 7:20 Baseline skill for any promo 8:22 What AI is actually good for