Something very unexpected happened yesterday and I’m still processing it.
I was supposed to join a well-known fintech company in Berlin two weeks from today.
They called me friday evening to tell me that they are withdrawing my offer because of operational reasons.
If you or someone you know are hiring for a Mid-Senior UI/UX/Product Designer roles in EU, please let me know.
I really appreciate all the leads I can get 🙏🏼
I had to resign from my old position to get a new work permit to work with them in Germany.
I have now lost my job and have limited time on my visa.
I worked very hard on myself and my skills, with everything at my disposal, to be here.
I just got very, very unlucky.
In one of the recent sessions
@StoaHQ
, someone said ‘humans are trying to be a brand & brands are trying to be more human’
And now, I cannot unsee it in everything I read and experience.
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Dear people,
I wanted to showcase one of my digital art projects on twitter. And for that I need your help (pretty please, i promise it’s fun) —
Drop your date of birth (1 to 31) in the comments & I will reply to it with something special.
I started reading ‘The Meditations’ by Marcus Aurelius & realised in the first few pages that I was not going to make it to the end of the book. It was a difficult read.
I later found a paraphrased version written by Sam Torode in modern english & decided to give it another try.
I need my watch to tell me to take a walk. I need a posture correction belt for my back. I have a ‘lunch’ event in my calendar to remember to eat. I have ‘call mom dad’ in my tasklist. My friends are all just chat screens. If this isn’t dsytopia…
Recently read an article about how turning your phone into a monochromatic color scheme can help decrease screen time
I tried it for a week and happy to confirm that it made my phone usage lower by almost 40%
🎉 We're pleased to welcome
@SanjanaLaddha
to our team as a Product Designer. Sanjana will be joining the team from Nashik, India.
👋 Welcome, Sanjana! We're happy to have you onboard!
I want to start this week by sharing some great news- I'm joining
@Inngest
and feel beyond excited for this role!
Every person I've spoken to adores the product and I'm deeply honored to be part of a team that fits perfectly with my passion for building tools 💜→
Walked into a
@HUGOBOSS
store to buy a gift for my dad, and had the most racist & classist experience
The staff rudely denied my requests & didn’t want to interact. They would look at me but walk away. Meanwhile other customers were greeted and offered beverages & all that jazz
There’s a big difference between learning design online VS going to college to study the skill.
I feel like this is going to blow up in my face but hear me out.
Any freelance designers in my network who are available in May?✨
Some friends are looking for a talented brand & website designer to revamp their marketing site. They're fantastic collaborators.
If you're interested, pls DM your portfolio & I'm happy to connect you with them!
Sharing some ✨aesthetic ✨ photographs from my first trip abroad.
I was really nervous before I got here but I am so glad I made it.
I feels like every member from the
@GraphCMS
team is my soul sister fr fr
I've given a gazillion interviews as a designer in the last year & here's some interesting things I had to do:
- A test on UX principles
- Logic & Aptitude test (psychometric?)
- Whiteboarding challenges about spaceship design
- Situational judgement test
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Amidst tough times, this is what I wanted to read.
"Nature loves courage. You make the commitment & nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed."
Anxiety has been high in the last couple of weeks, and I dealt with it poorly.
Instead of calming down & recalibrating , I added to the chaos and lost meaning.
New life hack: Put a flowering plant next to your bed so you wake up to watch beautiful things grow everyday.
This plant had no flowers when I got it and now I see new little buds everyday 🧡