For designers who take craft seriously

Career
growth,
measured.

Place yourself honestly, log what you actually ship, and build a track record that belongs to you rather than your employer.

What makes us different

Designers own their growth track record.

Most career tools lock your progress inside a company's HR system, so it disappears the day you leave. Tumbuhly works the other way round. What you log and how your skills moved belong to you, and travel with you from role to role. When you are ready, share a page with whoever you like, on your terms.

  • Yours, not your employer's: keep and export your full record at any time
  • Share a clean page of your skills and the work behind them, at a link you control
  • One continuous story across teams, managers, and jobs
  • Walk into any review, or any new role, with proof you already own
/record · portable
  1. Junior Designer

    2021

    Supporting
  2. Product Designer

    2023

    Applying
  3. Senior Designer

    2025

    Shaping

Owned by you · export anytime

/preview · workspace

Inside your workspace

A calm home for where you stand, what you logged, and how it changed. Nothing to keep up to date but the work itself.

app.tumbuhly.com / focus-plan

What moved recently

3 this month
Interaction craft
ApplyingAdvocating
84%
Design systems
SupportingApplying
68%
Research practice
SupportingApplying
52%

/skills · 13 tracked

Live preview
Advocating
IX
Interface & Interaction
moved
Advocating
DS
Design Systems
Applying
UR
User Research
moved
Applying
SA
Synthesis with AI
moved
Applying
AP
AI Interaction Patterns
Supporting
WA
Working with Agents
moved
Supporting
EQ
Evaluation & Quality
Shaping
PT
Product Thinking
Applying
PJ
AI Product Judgement
moved
Advocating
CF
Cross-functional
Shaping
CR
Critique & Feedback
moved
Applying
AX
Accessibility
Learning
ER
AI Ethics & Risk
moved
/loop

The growth loop is the product.

Reviews are a moment. Growth is the daily work of improving your craft. Tumbuhly is built around that work.

01
Start

One honest starting point

Place yourself across visual, interaction, systems, research, and leadership. It takes one sitting, and you never do it again.

02
Log

A record that builds itself

Note what you worked on as it happens. A sentence is enough, and it files itself against the right skill.

03
Move

Changes you agree to

When enough work points the same way, we ask whether a skill has moved. You decide, and the reason is kept with it.

04
Own

Proof you already have

Walk into any review, or any new role, with the work already written down and the story already told.

AI-powered

Describe the work. We do the filing.

Talk through your week the way you would to a colleague. We work out which skill it speaks to and draft the entry; nothing is saved until you say so.

  • A conversation, not another form to fight
  • Drafts come pre-filled and you review before anything is saved
  • Built for the two minutes you actually have
/assessment · ai-guided

You

I led the checkout redesign, ran three usability rounds, and shipped a 12% conversion lift.

Tumbuhly AI

That reads like Interaction craft and Research practice. I have drafted an entry against both. Want to check it?

The workflow

Assess → Focus → Evidence → Track

Start

Know where you actually stand

Place yourself across visual, interaction, systems, research, and leadership. No more guessing your level from vibes.

Log

Build the case as you ship

Note critiques, launches, workshops, and outcomes as they happen. Review season becomes a summary, not a scramble.

Move

Changes you can defend

A skill only moves when the work says so and you agree. The reason is kept with it, so you can answer for it later.

Own

See your arc over time

What you logged and how each skill moved combine into a record that is actually yours to take with you.

How it works

From a blank page to a record of your craft, in four steps.

Step 01

Create your workspace

Set up your profile, say what you are aiming at, and open your own set of skills.

Step 02

Place yourself, once

Say where you are across craft, process, and leadership. This is a starting point, not a yearly ritual.

Step 03

Log the work

Note what you worked on as it happens. A sentence is enough; we work out what it speaks to.

Step 04

Agree what moved

When the work backs a change we ask, you decide, and the reason stays attached to it.

Questions

Before you start

Is this a performance review tool?

No. Reviews are a moment; growth is the work. Tumbuhly is where you keep the record, so that when a review comes round the answer is already written.

Can I use it on my own?

Yes, and that is the normal way to use it. You do not need a manager, a team, or your employer's permission. Your career, your pace.

Who owns my data and growth record?

You do. Unlike employer-owned review tools, everything you log and every change to your skills belongs to you. Export it whenever you like and take it to your next role.

Can I share this with a potential employer?

Yes. Publish a public page at a link you control, showing where you are and the work behind it. Nothing is shared until you choose to share it.

How often do I have to assess myself?

Once. You place yourself at the start so there is something to move from, and after that your skills only change when the work you logged says so and you agree. There is no quarterly form to fill in.

What does it actually track?

Thirteen skills across craft, process, and leadership, each on a five-rung ladder from Learning to Shaping. Every rung says what it asks for in plain terms, so you can tell where you sit.

Skills tracked
13
Times you assess yourself
Once
To log a week of work
2 min

Answer for your craft with the work, not from memory.

Start your growth plan