The future of UX: 2023 and beyond

Working in the UX industry means living in a constant state of flux. Every day seems to bring new technologies, skills, business challenges, and user expectations to absorb. That's why every December, I eagerly await the release of UX Collective's State of UX report, in which authors Fabricio Teixeira and Caio Braga (plus collaborators) synthesize thousands of articles in order to put the past year into perspective and highlight emerging themes for the road ahead. The underlying theme for this year's report was anxiety. Massive layoffs at tech stalwarts like Facebook, Google, and Amazon, along with headlines about an economic slowdown, have some designers thinking about how to recession-proof their jobs. With headcounts shrinking, design teams are expected to do more with less, and former managers are returning to hands-on work.