Hey everyone,

Thinking about future-proofing my skills and I'm curious to hear from the pros in this community. We all have our core skills, but what's one skill that wasn't a big deal a few years ago but you now see as essential for your role in late 2025?

For Marketers: Is it data storytelling? AI prompt engineering?

For Designers: Is it prototyping with real data? Designing for AI?

Had someone tell me they nearly closed the tab in the first ten seconds, the homepage confused them that much. Instead they stuck around and told me exactly what tripped them up, and that one note led to the clearest improvement I've made in weeks. Not from someone who loved it instantly. From someone who almost didn't give it a chance at all.

There's a real bias in how most of us read feedback. The comments that feel good come from people who got it immediately, nice to hear, but they rarely teach you anything, because that person was never confused to begin with. The uncomfortable comments, from people who almost walked away, are the ones actually pointing at the exact gap between what you built and what a stranger experiences walking in cold.

Easy to brush past those in the moment because they don't feel like validation. But they're the closest thing you'll get to someone narrating their real first impression back to you, and that's something nobody who already understands your product can give you.

Has a "I almost gave up on this" comment ever ended up being the most useful thing someone told you? What did it change?

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Needed to update my account details on a tool I use.

Instead of a clear settings button, I was greeted with floating menus autoplaying videos and popups asking me to upgrade my plan. It took way longer than it should have to find a basic link.

The site looked amazing, but the experience was exhausting.

Building an MVP is no longer the bottleneck since code creation has shifted entirely. Today, the real challenge is capturing early attention.

I am currently looking into engineering as marketing, specifically launching a free, standalone utility before shipping a core product.

I m planning to create a website for my extension, and I want to make it as visually engaging as possible while keeping it minimalist, so the main idea is immediately clear.

That means I need to learn from the best.