10 Things That Took Me 10 Years to Learn Working in Product

Peeling back the layers of what truly drives innovation.

Mike Curtis
The You Design System
7 min readMar 21, 2024

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the face of a wise stoic
Lessons on the human side of product development.

If I were to distill the essence of my learnings over the past 10 years working in product technology, surprisingly, it wouldn’t center around technology, tools, or methodologies. Instead, it orbits around people — their minds, emotions, quirks, behaviors…

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Mike Curtis
The You Design System

Senior UX Designer / New articles weekly on design & self-improvement / Helping you design the "UX of You" / 22+ years in design, marketing, & sales.