📡 Radar — 20 Jul 2026

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📡 20 Jul 2026

🎨 AI Design & UX

• Article

  Figma design lead: AI raises the bar for what candidates must show

  A Figma design lead argues AI shifts candidate evaluation away from polished artifacts toward judgment, states, and product intent — a useful read if you hire designers or are on the market yourself.

• News

  MIT method turns 2D sketches into reliable 3D CAD models

  New MIT technique generates accurate 3D engineering models from 2D concept sketches without needing a massive new training dataset.

🧭 Delivery & PM

• Post

  The rise of the Forward-Deployed Engineer — and Forward-Deployed PM

  A widely-shared breakdown of the Forward-Deployed roles that AI labs are hiring for, with concrete pay bands and the skills each one leans on.