When you are solving a difficult problem re-ask the problem so that your solution helps you learn faster. Find a faster way to fail, recover, and try again. If the problem you are trying to solve involves creating a magnum opus, you are solving the wrong problem.
When I'm hiring, I don't look for credentials, I look for knowledge.
Your first try will be wrong. Budget and design for it.
Never use a warning when you mean undo.
Design is the beauty of turning constraints into advantages.
Every time you make the user make a decision they don’t care about, you have failed as a designer.