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You Are Not a Prompt Engineer: A talk on the future of designers

Thursday, October 1, 2026 • Rosenfeld Community

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You Are Not a Prompt Engineer: A talk on the future of designers
Speakers: Uday Gajendar
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Summary

The FOMO is real! Every time a new AI model drops or a new Figma feature is announced, we feel that twinge — and the pressure to become a builder, a prompter, a technical generalist only grows. But what if that anxiety is pointing at the wrong problem? In this talk, Uday Gajendar makes the case that durable design practice isn't built on exhaustive tool fluency — it's built on deeper levels of craft and influence that no toolset can obsolete. A provocation for practitioners ready to stop reacting and start leading the future of the practice.

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