About this episode
Jenny Wen leads design for Claude at Anthropic. Prior to this, she was Director of Design at Figma, where she led the teams behind FigJam and Slides. Before that, she was a designer at Dropbox, Square, and Shopify.—We discuss:1. Why the classic discovery ? mock ? iterate design process is becoming obsolete2. What a day in the life of a designer at Anthropic looks like, including her AI tool stack3. Whether AI will eventually surpass humans in taste and judgment4. Why Jenny left a director role at Figma to return to IC work at Anthropic5. The three archetypes Jenny is hiring for now6. Why chatbot interfaces may be more durable than most people expect—Brought to you by:Mercury—Radically different banking: https://mercury.com/?utm_source=lennys&utm_medium=sponsored_newsletter&utm_campaign=26q1_brand_campaignOrkes—The enterprise platform for reliable applications and agentic workflows: https://www.orkes.io/Omni—AI analytics your customers can trust: https://omni.co/lenny—Episode transcript: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-design-process-is-dead—Archive of all Lenny's Podcast transcripts: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/yxi4s2w998p1gvtpu4193/AMdNPR8AOw0lMklwtnC0TrQ?rlkey=j06x0nipoti519e0xgm23zsn9&st=ahz0fj11&dl=0—Where to find Jenny Wen:• X: https://x.com/jenny_wen• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennywen• Substack: https://jennywen.substack.com• Website: https://jennywen.ca—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn:
