335: Giving Better Upward Feedback

<p>This week, we discuss strategies for giving better upward feedback to senior designers. We also share our thoughts on how to name your spacing components, list our favorite design podcasts, and as always, share this week's cool things for your eyes and computer.</p> <hr /> <h3><strong>Golden Ratio Patrons:</strong></h3> <p><a href="https://sisu.ai">Sisu</a> is looking for a thoughtful and data-savvy designer to help build the next generation of analytics software. You can find out more at <a href="https://sisu.ai">sisu.ai</a>. (You might recognize Sisu from our <a href="https://spec.fm/podcasts/design-details/304243">interview with Michie Cao</a>)</p> <p><a href="https://pathrise.com">Pathrise</a> is an online mentorship program that you land a great UX job. Previous fellows have been placed at Google, IBM, Atlassian and other exciting companies. You can learn more at <a href="http://pathrise.com/details">pathrise.com/details</a></p> <hr /> <h3><strong>Latest VIP Patrons:</strong></h3> <p>Huge shoutouts to our latest <a href="https://www.patreon.com/designdetails">Very Important Pixels</a>!</p> <ul> <li>Guarang Alat</li> <li>Dennis Cortes</li> <li>Grovkillen &amp; TD-er</li> <li>Connelly Rader</li> </ul> <hr /> <h3><strong>Follow-up:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/eliasismyalias/status/1229986017492357120">Elias Julian</a> floated a very compelling idea for new merch...</li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/erikbro/status/1230148089077354497">Erik Bro</a> brought up a great question about how to name spacing constants in a design system.</li> </ul> <hr /> <h3><strong>Tweets:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>We were able to read <a href="https://twitter.com/petermcdonagh_/status/1230236738100113409">Peter Reaper-Reynolds</a>'s new surname out loud for the first time on the web!</li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/Mannnnnnyx/status/1230256930351828992">Manny</a> asked if we'd seen <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7713068/">Birds of Prey</a>. No, no we haven't, but maybe will later!</li> <li><a