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yang you

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yang you

@yangyou

head of design @p0 • previously @paradigm

San Francisco

Joined October 2018

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yang you
@yangyou
Apr 28
i've joined @p0 as head of design. the next decade of software is being written for machines to read. the web wasn't built for that. Parallel is rethinking the web's most foundational primitive, search, for its second user. we're growing the team. hiring our first product
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Parallel Web Systems
@p0
Apr 28
We're thrilled to officially welcome @yangyou to Parallel as Head of Design. Yang joins us from Paradigm, where she worked alongside early-stage founders to ship 0-to-1 products and led the firm's rebrand.
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yang you
@yangyou
Nov 7, 2022
Excited to share that I’ve joined @paradigm as a designer, working with the firm, the portfolio, and the community to design more intentional, human experiences for crypto & web3.
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yang you
@yangyou
Sep 30, 2024
running thread of the work i do at @paradigm ↓↓↓ i work with our portfolio founders & lead design at the firm, with a specialty in zero-to-one product design, strategy, and research every engagement with us is a bit different and crafted around the needs & stage of the
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yang you
@yangyou
Mar 23, 2025
yea sex is cool but have you ever defined a generative ui framework extracting user intents from an infinite range of possibilities and cooking up the perfect dish of components
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yang you
@yangyou
Mar 4, 2022
there is not nearly enough women building in web3 yet but the women that i do meet that show up to events & put themselves out there are legendary i am hopeful
yang you
@yangyou
Sep 7, 2023
if you're a product designer hungry for a new full-time or contract role, DM me! we have a number of stellar opportunities in the @paradigm portfolio ✨
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yang you
@yangyou
Aug 30, 2022
obsessed with this mint experience.. #438 reporting for leisure @Poolsuite
yang you
@yangyou
Mar 23, 2025
objectively best airport: SFO objectively worst airport: EWR Newark sorry i don't make the rules
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yang you
@yangyou
May 27, 2025
love the packaging details as much as i love these new notebooks, thank you @PPLXsupply @RypeArts writing is thinking, long live paper
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yang you
@yangyou
Sep 10, 2024
six years into Paradigm’s inception, we’ve given a facelift to ￭ paradigm.xyz ￭ a visual manifestation of our research-driven ethos & deep collaboration with founders
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yang you
@yangyou
Oct 4, 2021
stoked to be giving my first talk tomorrow on Design in Web3 for @defialliance 👀 a sneak peek:
yang you
@yangyou
Aug 29, 2024
my #1 rule for user research is never ask a person what they want to uncover *revealed vs. stated preferences*, ask open ended q's & follow-up whys > “tell me about the last time you..” > “how did you decide?" > “why is that?"
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yang you
@yangyou
Sep 6, 2022
new news dropping soon.. excitement intensifies if you’re a designer in web3 or looking to join the space, let’s connect ✨
yang you
@yangyou
Jun 12, 2023
if you're in SF next week during @figma Config, we're hosting designers at the edges of crypto & future computing for a fun gathering on the 22nd❣️ DM if you're building + envisioning new worlds
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