Mariana Castilho - How this designer learned code and became a design engineer (Dive Club Ep. 73)

In this episode of Dive Club, Ridd interviews Mariana Castilho, a designer who has worked at companies like Universe and Vercel, about her journey from being a visual designer to a builder. Mariana discusses her new role at Pierre as a staff designer, where she's helping to build the company from the ground up, and how it differs from her experience at Vercel. She shares her experiences learning to code, emphasizing the importance of implementation in design and how it has shaped her work. Mariana also touches on the UI Engineering course she created with Derek Briggs, aimed at providing designers with a solid starting point in UI engineering, and offers advice to designers looking to break into innovative companies, highlighting the importance of sharing work and meditating on design.