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Skills that raise your pay

• User research

  Running interviews and usability tests. Companies pay separately for researchers and are short of good ones.

• Design systems

  Building the shared component library a whole company designs from. Senior work.

• Front-end code

  HTML and CSS plus enough JavaScript to prototype. Designers who can build are rare and valuable.

• Accessibility

  Designing so screen readers and keyboard users can actually use the product. Legally required for government work.