Comments on: The Future Favors the Curious https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious A running commentary of occasionally interesting things — from Mike Davidson. Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:59:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Mitul Gajera https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1468612 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:59:17 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1468612 Great read!!

]]> By: Chris Michaud https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1437862 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:43:50 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1437862 Words of wisdom Mike. Clear speak, grounded in reality, with just the right amount of practical optimism. Thank you!

]]> By: Kevin Mears https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1427866 Thu, 01 May 2025 11:09:54 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1427866 This feels so old school – writing in comments! I like it.

Great uplifting and practical article, comes at an opportune time for me. I had a meandering path as a generalist and am now ‘looking for new opportunities’.

]]> By: Jon Bell https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1425559 Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:00:52 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1425559 Ugh, this is so coherent and comprehensive. Thank you for writing it so I can share it with everyone I know.

]]> By: Jonny Belton https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1425352 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:16:47 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1425352 Great article Mike! Hope you’re keeping well.

]]> By: Jim Hop https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1424987 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:10:50 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1424987 Fantastic post as usual Mike, not just for the wave of AI but for job seeking in general. Have already read it twice and shared it as well. Will be referring to it often as people ask “how do I get into AI” or “what’s your advice on job seeking.”

But wait … “a one-pizza squad of 1 designer, 1 researcher, 1 PM, and 7 engineers.” That’s 10 people vying for 8 slices of pizza, sounds like layoffs are coming. ;-)

]]> By: Dirk Cleveland https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1424796 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 21:53:43 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1424796 Thank you, Mike! I enjoyed this. We need more optimism out there right now.

]]> By: Yuwei https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1424405 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 19:40:53 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1424405 Really inspiring! Thanks Mike for sharing personal experience and perspectives of design fundamental to new technologies as well as importance of curiosity. Insights of landing on a job beyond a portfolio website are encouraging.

]]> By: Tutti Taygerly https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1423375 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:48:04 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1423375 Great post. Always good to look to the past to give hope for the future. And damn, this AI future is shiny bright.

Thank you for being incredibly kind to the thousands of design applicants and sharing the practical tips from the sausage factory. This is what matters the most as a design leader.

Love love love the cat pizza photo!

]]> By: Kunlun https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1423350 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:18:09 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1423350 It’s an honor to work in an organization that has such a great senior design leader who can make significant strides in AI+ design practice.

]]> By: Laurah Mwirichia https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1423215 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:13:41 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1423215 I found your post on LI, and honestly, I’ve come back to it again and again over the last few days. I switched careers into tech, was a content designer for 6 years, then switched again last year into product design–right as AI was taking off. Reading your blog has been so reassuring while navigating all these changes at work (you inspired me to start playing around with programming voice and tone on GPTs). Plus your resources are incredible. Please, keep up the good work!

]]> By: Michael Brown https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1423182 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 14:29:41 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1423182 Thanks so much for this. Very inspiring. I’ll be referencing this article often in the future.

]]> By: Mike D. https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1422660 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:23:45 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1422660 In reply to Kris.

Kris: Good point. I don’t think I know one way or the other how things will work out, so anything is possible. There are some differences between farming and tech though. In particular, farming in general was just a much bigger part of our overall economy pre industrial-age. I see tech as being a *still* growing part of our economy, for the foreseeable future at least. Good food for thought though.

]]> By: Des Traynor https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1422656 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:17:27 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1422656 Great post Mike, it’s refreshing to hear such practical optimism.

]]> By: Kris https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2025/03/the-future-favors-the-curious#comment-1422534 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 23:45:52 +0000 https://mikeindustries.com/blog/?p=30085#comment-1422534 “Think of the farmer 1000 years ago who could feed a few families vs. the farmer of today who can feed an entire town.”

The proportion of the population employed in agriculture has decreased dramatically, from almost 50% in 1870 to about 2% today (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmworkers_in_the_United_States). Not sure this bolsters your case.

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