Ryan Ma
2,056 posts
Lover of food and flying metal tubes.
- While interviewing at Stripe: “We have a strong documentation culture” Day 1 at Stripe…
- Hi internet 👋 This is my first week on the design team @stripe 🎉 Send me your remote on boarding tips!
- Replying to @BrennanWoodruff and @UberDon't get me wrong – this is a pretty tough one to design for, but: 1) The illustrations ARENT EVEN THE SAME STYLE, 2) There must be a more elegant way than to scream "PROMO" "PROMO" "PROMO" everywhere.
- Designers, not sure if there's a place for you at startups—I've made it easy for you. The answer is: YES. Even B2B startups are hiring designers often as their first 10 hires. (thx @lennysan for this awesome chart)The first 10 hires across 20 top B2B startups
- my lil designer heart = 🔋 my poor social battery = 🪫 #Config2024
- what a fun night with hosting @diegozaks @jenny_wen @alhyunsoo — everyone spewing life (and design) wisdom so hard
- 🎉 the news is out! I’m joining @contrarycapital to help find the best talents in the world and support the companies they build. Going from tech to VC is a big jump, but here’s why 1/We’re excited to share that @ryanlyma has joined as our very first designer from Stripe! Ryan brings with him extensive design experience and we’re excited to see many of our initiatives come to life under Ryan’s leadership. contrary.com/blog/welcoming…
- Got to work on some really fun icon illustrations for @contrarycapital's VP program recently. Sometimes its so nice to JUST be a p̶r̶o̶d̶u̶c̶t̶ ✨designer✨




























