A short story on how design helped zomato overcome the pandemic. (A small showcase thread of some of my work at Zomato)
It’s a long one so grab a snack or a drink and enjoy! 🍎🥤
A couple of months ago, I couldn’t run 200m without gasping for breath, I would run on the treadmill, rush to the bathroom to put my feet in cold water to numb the pain.
Told myself to get up, ran again.
Cut to today ran a 5k around the sub 30 range! I know it’s not the
Thrilled to be a speaking at
@figma
‘s annual design conference
#Config2022
this year! 🔥
Extremely grateful to figma for giving me this opportunity! ❤️
Tune in on May 10 to hear me speak! Can’t wait!!
Career Update ⭐️
Really excited to share I’ve joined the Microsoft Design Team today ♥️
I’ve always adored how they aim to design inclusive experiences which benefit people universally.
Looking forward to learn and work with some of the best ✨
Career Update ⚡️
I've joined the Facebook backed rocketship
@Meesho_Official
🚀 as a Product Designer - II
Can't wait to design products for the next billion users in the e-commerce space 💪
⭐️Career Update
Got promoted to Designer II this week!
It's been an amazing 10 months, and I couldn't be luckier to be part of Microsoft Teams Search crew during the latest AI revolution that's taken the world by storm!
Looking back, I....(1/2)
Today was my last day at Zomato
From seeing the business hit rock bottom to relentlessly working alter our path to massive growth and filing one of the countries biggest IPO’s.
Couldn’t have asked for a better start to my career than at India’s biggest food tech company
🌟 Picture this: 3 months ago burdened by self-doubt and extremely excess body fat to standing 10 kilos lighter 🔥
Don’t get me wrong I’m still a big boy, but I’m not stopping here—come early next year, brace yourselves for a shredded beast! 🦁💪
I’m revamping my portfolio on webflow this time and I’m so glad I took this decision. It’s so powerful I regret not making my first one here.
@KvsChethan
your course is a blessing
During my stint at Zomato, around the covid times, we had whipped up this “sweet” flow to help people gift sweets to their loved ones who they couldn’t see in person. Which is now a norm at commerce.
Since the festival is around, I was reminded of the good vibes and love this
I’m really happy to share Spectre UX UI Design Kit is live!
Spectre is a complete design kit, it gives you the power of documenting, ideating and creating designs at light speed ⚡️. Download link is below
Portfolio update 🚨
Finally got some time to document my work!
With a completely new design, I've carefully crafted my case studies to encapsulate my design process and design decisions I've taken.
Check it out here 👉
I’m at this gujju gathering, where a bunch of sima aunties acting like FBI agents have my personal info, CTC, deciphering my kundli and are now forcing me to talk to random woman who are equally traumatised.
This is not what I signed up for, I came for jalebi’s not chokri’s
Promised myself to cook up something every Sunday for friends and family.
To begin with, started with some aglio e olio ✨
Tried to replicate it as much as I could to the one I tasted in napoli.
It was bellissimo 🤌🤌
Dear designers, interviewing can be a nervous, stressful time filled with moments of insecurities and struggling with rejections and self-doubt. Remember that interviewing is part of the journey. Hold your head high and stand your ground against spec work! 💪. Fin
It’s crazy how taking a break or a vacation can just brew out complex thoughts to bring tranquility. Is it just me or your head feels hella empty and relaxed 😵💫
Up next is
@RahulGoradia1
, UX Designer for search experiences at
@Microsoft
.
Rahul will take us through the whys and hows of navigating the ever-evolving landscape of design, the reasons and methodologies behind creating user interfaces that cater to the needs of a diverse user
The goal of design exercises should be to get a feel for your chemistry when working together, not to assess if you can design or not. Take a whiteboarding session if you need to. There’s a reason designers put their heart and soul into making a portfolio, judge them on that
Sora, “imagine an attractive Indian woman, who decides to start dancing in the desert. The sun beating down, mirages shimmering in the distance, and as she lunges, she kicks up the sand like a pro athlete, creating a cloud of dust that engulfs her in her own beauty.
Assignments suck. Design assignments basically put designers at the mercy of doing actual work with zero guarantee of securing a job or a form of reimbursement for our time.
NGL it felt great being one of the first products I shipped ever to have such a positive impact on the business and most importantly people! It also reminded me of what impact good design can have. Motivated me to put my head down and work harder
I ran the TCS 10K yesterday!!! 🔥 Started running last year, I recall fighting for every breath during a 50-minute 5K. 😵
After a year of vigorous training clocking in just over an hour feels absolutely incredible! Plenty of room to grow, but I'm over the moon! That half
Do not send a design assignment to every candidate who applies to your job posting. Segregate candidates based on their profile & portfolio, ensure selected candidates are getting feedback for their assignments and reasons to why they would not be moving on with the candidate.
If you’re a recruiter, I completely understand you’d want to verify the designer's skillset or style. But when you’re doing so give a decent problem statement to solve which can actually be finished in 3-7 days and not an entire case study in 24 hours :)
Salary expectations and work culture CAN NOT be discussed after the assignments. However, there are also companies who concur with your expectations and after the assignment back out saying they don’t have the budget :). This needs to change.
Dexign workshops successfully raised half a lakh worth of funds during the charity workshop conducted on the 2nd of may.
It was wonderful to see the number of people coming in to donate as well as take learnings from it.
#COVID19
#donate
#IndiaFightsCOVID19
Splitting bills while you go out is so hard.
Ideally you should be able to
👯 Add friends to a group
📸 Click a picture of the bill and the items get identified
✅ Either you / friends select who had what
📤 Payment request is sent directly
Zomato / Dineout bana do pls
Design is not engineering. There are numerous approaches to a problem that requires testing and iteration to get to anything like a good solution.
If a company is asking you to do a whole case study in the time which isn’t sufficient ask them for more time or say NO
Doing an Instagram live with
@divyanshu_nd
today on leveraging storytelling in UX design! It’s going to be power packed session at 9:30 PM!, set your reminders and join us here
It's officially Config day today! 🎉
#Config2022
Really excited to be speaking today! I'm going to be speaking at around 5 AM IST 😛, Hoping some of you early morning wakers (or late night sleepers) can attend, it would make my day.
Register here -
A lot of designers won’t start applying for jobs until they’ve quit due to time-consuming assignments they will be expected to complete. Those that do engage with assignments while employed burn their evenings and weekends to get them done. Resulting in low quality outputs
How do you define your own style or design language?
Largely for me it’s been influenced by the place I work or the mentors I look up to. It then gets added to the styles I like.
How does one go in identifying what their style is.
Itching to make a portfolio which screams ME!
A few months ago, I started mentoring few folks who were on the lookout for jobs & went on a journey with them to discover how hard it is for some to actually go through some terrible experiences
Make sure to follow up and call up recruiters and force them out to give some response if they take too much time to respond to you. It’s alright. On no further response, just stop,. You wouldn’t want to work for someone who can’t give you their time.
To educate our users of the measures we were taking we placed quick cards which would show users at a glance, the major safety measures we were taking. The idea was also to use more visuals to communicate these measures more easily.
Take-home exercises tell designers right off the bat that their portfolios, case-studies, qualifications, and testimonials aren’t enough and that they have to prove themselves further by working on an assignment.
Negotiate your expectations and discuss the work you would be doing if you were to join before taking any assignments. This would save you blood sweat and tears before solving any assignment.
@sama
I’m super excited to have you join as CEO of this new group, Sam, setting a new pace for innovation. We’ve learned a lot over the years about how to give founders and innovators space to build independent identities and cultures within Microsoft, including GitHub, Mojang Studios,
Do your research! Ask for what you deserve! Research about the people working there. How the company is doing. Would the type of work satisfy you or not. This would save you so much time!
Helping mum with Diwali safai is a tougher workout than hitting the gym for an intense back day – it's the ultimate test of your back's resilience!🏋️♂️🧽
Introducing Super Z! You might have seen this little guy floating around whenever you place an order on zomato. I also made a cool teaser which you can watch here -