It's been a busy few weeks.

​I kicked off a new project with Bakken&Bæck, which has been great — and a little strange. I've spent almost ten years collaborating almost exclusively with US-based teams, so working with people in European timezones again takes some getting used to. In a good way.

I'll be honest: I wasn't sure how quickly things would come together after deciding to go back to running my own studio. But clients have lined up faster than I expected, and I'm genuinely enjoying being back. There's something about consulting that suits me. The variety. The ability to actually leave a project when the work is done.

But here's the thing I keep hearing from designers and engineers in my network: finding work right now is hard. Really hard. A lot of people are calling it AI-washing — companies using AI as cover for not hiring. I think the reality is messier. We're still unwinding the over-hiring that happened during and after COVID, and that hangover is landing on people who did nothing wrong.

Which is why I want to share something.

I've been a fan of Liftoff since they first launched — I worked with the team early on and I still use the platform. They've built something genuinely good for connecting people with work worth doing. So I put together a curated list of design and dev roles, mostly remote or European, that I think are worth your time:

​Anton's picks on Liftoff →​

If you're looking, I hope something there is useful. And if you know someone who is — send it their way.

Ok. More soon. The sun is finally out and we had our first outdoor lunch of the year today, which felt like a small victory ☀️✌️

— Anton