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🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
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This is how a top designer designs for light and dark mode in Figma
The way he is using tokens, variables in Figma is insane 🤯
@lorenbaxter
shows how he designed light and dark modes for
@felt
in
@figma
👇
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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This is how a top designer designs a logo in Figma
Her design process is insane 🤯
@0xCharlota
shows how she designed the logo for
@EspressoSys
in
@figma
👇
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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This is how a top designer documents design decisions in Figma
Steal this pro technique to ace your design critiques!
By keeping design principles, user goals and problems, scope etc in one place you can surface them to your team in weekly design crits.
You never know who
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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This is how a top designer designs complex data tables in Figma
The amount of columns in this data table is insane 🤯
@WeirdoWizard
shows how he designed complex data tables for
@hygraph
in
@figma
👇
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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Every designer working on AI should study Perplexity copilot feature as design inspiration
The attention to design details is insane 🤯
Instead of a static loading screen Perplexity shows what it's doing to build trust with the user immediately.
Perplexity design team looked
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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This is how a top designer documents feedback from PMs, engineers in Figma
Steal this pro technique to keep all the stakeholder feedback on your design iterations in one place!
You no longer have to hunt down Notion docs or notes at the last minute.
How do you document
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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A mistake junior designers make is they delete or overwrite their design iterations in Figma
You shouldn't do this because you never know when you might need to use that deleted design iteration or explain to your team why that iteration didn't work.
Keep all of your work.
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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This is how a top brand designer uses FigJam for a client project
The level of structure and organization in this
@figma
FigJam board is insane 🤯
But it's needed for a big client project to align stakeholders.
@0xCharlota
gives a sneak peek into the FigJam board for
@WE3co
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
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This designer learned the hard way that making designs too beginner friendly can alienate professional users
So he redesigned the entire app in Figma to make it feel professional 🤯
@lorenbaxter
shows how he redesigned
@felt
in
@figma
👇
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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This is how a top designer uses dev mode in Figma
Steal this pro technique to improve your design to developer handoff process!
Why developers love this technique?
- All the final design iterations are in one page and marked as 'Ready for Dev'
- Developers don't have to hunt
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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If you don't design your DESIGN career, somebody else fucking will!
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This is how a top designer annotates their Figma file for dev handoff
Steal this pro technique to improve your design to dev handoff process!
This technique challenges the assumption that designers have to share a fully functional prototype with developers to explain the flow.
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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Do you need a degree to break into the field of design? No, but it helps.
Do you need prior experience to break into the field of design? Not really.
I hacked into the field of design without a degree/experience.
Here's my story 🧵
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Had an impromptu career counselling session with
@mds
!
Takeaways:
1. In your 20/30s you will face existential career crisis
2. You will want to find that just one thing you are meant to do for rest of your life
3. Tell yourself it's ok to do/try multiple things at same time!
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This is how a top designer uses Figma to design enterprise software
The attention to design details is insane 🤯
This designer made empty states educational by sharing links to the product documentation!
This reduces support tickets as technical users prefer to find the
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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You made a big mistake if you went back to your hotel after
#Config2024
The real alpha is shared not at the conference but after parties.
The amount of alpha I got from this rooftop afterparty hosted by
@framer
is insane 🤯
Sharing some alpha with y'all who couldn't make it:
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🎉 After 1 year of working behind the scenes, I am freaking excited to launch the design MBA cohort in partnership with
@10kdesigners
:
Read along for behind the scenes scoop 🧵
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How do you get promoted as a designer?
I asked this question to
@lilykonings
who recently got promoted to Design Manager at Instagram
She shared with me the biggest myth designers have regarding promotions:
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12 years ago I auditioned for the Radio Jockey position at Radio Mirchi.
I didn't get selected.
Now I host my own podcast.
Funny how technological advancements remove gatekeepers and democratize access!
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This is how a top brand designer uses FigJam for moodboarding
Steal this pro technique to get your clients talking about what the right brand feels like!
@0xCharlota
gives a sneak peek into the
@figma
FigJam board for
@WE3co
client
@EspressoSys
👇
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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The hardest thing for a designer is to update their own portfolio.
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During my recent trip to India, I observed a strong interest among the local designers to pursue a Design Masters abroad.
Why? Because pursuing a Masters abroad is a proven way for designers in India to move and work abroad.
But it's not easy or straight-forward. Designers have
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This is how
@LottieFiles
uses variables in
@figma
to design for light and dark mode
👀 Look inside the LottieFiles' Figma file for FREE:
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Designers who learn from their peers level up faster than designers who choose to stay confined in Figma.
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🤯 This designer sneaked a photo of his dog into the product!
When
@lorenbaxter
showed me this design detail in the
@figma
file for
@felt
, I was literally blown away 👇
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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If you ask for a design job, you get portfolio feedback.
If you ask for portfolio feedback, you get a design job.
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Creators are rushing to launch their Cohort Based Course(CBC) without thinking much about the experience.
How do you design a CBC experience that's addictive?
7 lessons I learned consulting with
@abnux
to design the
@10kdesigners
cohort experience 🧵
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Designers at the hottest consumer AI startup solve UI details in code not Figma
That's how
@perplexity_ai
is able to nail the design details and ship a ground breaking product!
@henrymodis
shows how he updates the design for
@perplexity_ai
directly in code👇
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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The success of your design career depends on your ability to get successful designers to invest in you.
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🌶️ The most underrated move to accelerate your design career is sending a DM to a designer you admire
I sent a DM to
@ridd_design
to interview him on Design MBA podcast on Dec 27, 2021.
After the podcast interview recording stopped, we hung around and immediately hit it off!
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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Designers who became millionaires:
2014: Designers who joined high growth startups early
2018: Designers selling their agencies to Fortune 500 companies
2022: Designers working in the crypto/DeFi space
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How to process critical feedback on your design work:
1. Squeeze your leg as a reminder to shut up and listen to the feedback.
2. Don't react/argue/defend.
3. Sleep on it for a day and let the feedback sink in.
4. Now respond.
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Dear design bootcamp graduates,
If you aren't getting job interviews:
❌ Stop mass applying to 100 jobs/week
❌ Stop endlessly updating your portfolio/resume
Instead:
✅ Work for free on real life projects
✅ Attend local design events, build relationships with designers
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I quit my $120,000 9-5 Product Design job on June 20,2020 to focus on my side hustle of podcasting and writing. Here's WHY and WHAT I learned (THREAD) 👇
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🌶️ As a designer, I struggle with shipping side projects
I want everything to be perfect.
Part of me is afraid of real world feedback. What if the design community rejects my baby?
This fear made me push the launch date for Sneak Peek once.
I was about to sabotage all my
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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Had a blast chatting with
@henrymodis
on AI Design!
We are doing a podcast interview soon 👀
What questions do you want me to ask him? What do you want to learn from Henry about designing for AI?
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This is how a top designer designs bulk operations in Figma
The number of design iterations in his Figma file is insane 🤯
@WeirdoWizard
shows how he designed bulk operations for
@hygraph
in
@figma
👇
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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How to ace design challenges:
❌Don't just show the outcome.
✅Articulate your design process on how you got to the outcome
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The best revenge against a toxic person is not teaching them a lesson.
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All the designers missed the most important announcement that Figma made during their design conference Config last year:
Which is
@figma
acquiring the startup
@diagram
to boost it's AI capabilities.
Diagram was started by the designer
@jsngr
who has a phenomenal track record
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Design startup
@framer
has survived 5 pivots and raised $87M in funding because:
The cofounders
@jornvandijk
and
@koenbok
have an amazing relationship!
I asked
@soleio
(early investor in
@figma
,
@bezi_3d
) on the importance of evaluating cofounder relationships when making a
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Advice from a friend who turned 40:
"Don't wait for your bank account to hit a certain number to pursue your dreams. I wasted my 20's, 30's waiting. I've $1.2 million in my bank account now. It's just a number on the screen. I eat, shit, and sleep the same way as I did before."
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How to acquire a design eye for app design:
1. Download top grossing/free apps from app store on your phone.
2. Interact with the apps and study the experience.
3. Make notes of interactions, patterns, pain points.
4. Repeat with a new set of apps.
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Your dream design portfolio will arrive in v50. So designers stop beating yourself up in v5. Patiently and persistently keep ITERATING!
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The best UX researchers are also great listeners.
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Designing experiences doesn't require visual/graphic design mastery.
It requires finding design assets (free/paid) and putting them together in a way that creates a delightful experience for the end user.
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Your past achievements are like old clothes.
If you keep wearing them every day you will never go shopping for new clothes.
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Growing up in India is a competitive advantage.
Opportunities are scarce in India and the competition is insane!
You learn to hustle to the extreme just to survive.
When you move abroad it's like playing the game in easy mode.
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🌶️
@hygraph
should win the award for the best designed
@figma
project cover
3 things every designer should copy from Hygraph's Figma project cover design:
1. Indicate project timeline (when did the project start, when did it ship, when it's live etc)
2. Faces of the people who
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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Putting this out there for public accountability -
"I will not quit the design MBA podcast until I release 101 interviews with design entrepreneurs"
- 33 interviews released so far
- 12,000+ downloads
- Listeners: 42% India, 32% USA
68 interviews to go 🤟
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If you are a gifted designer but not curious, you will miss the next big thing.
If you are in the design field just because of money, you will burn out over time.
If you are a curious designer, you will make a lot of money in the long run.
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The most important experience you will design as a designer is your interview.
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Learn from people.
But don't emulate them.
Play the game your way.
That's the only way you will win and be happy.
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🤯Crossed 2,000 email subscribers in 2 days!
Thanks design fam 🙏
🫣 What if you could look inside Figma files of top designers for free?
I was tired of binge-watching design tutorials on YouTube because they lacked real world constraints.
So, I'm launching a new interview series, 'Sneak Peek,' which shows how top designers use
@figma
.
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Early in your career optimize for compensation.
Later in your career optimize for lifestyle.
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Excuses designers make:
"I don't know how to add fancy illustrations to my portfolio" - use
@blushdesignapp
"I don't know how to code a portfolio website" - use a No code tool like
@super_
"I don't know how to set up a design blog" - use
@Ghost
Excuses are bs. Just create!
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Stoked to be attending Config in person this year!
Below are 5 folks I'm hoping to meet there🤞
@femkesvs
@danmall
@davidhoang
@zander_supafast
@charliprangley
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I missed out on buying $ETH at $10 in 2017.
I missed out on buying DeFi tokens at < $1 in 2020.
The reason I missed out is that I didn't have conviction.
Don't chase the 100x returns.
Instead, do research and build conviction.
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In the creator economy, consistency will get you the win when talent is having a rough day.
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Minimize regret in your design career by choosing opportunity over money.
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Developers struggle with design.
Designers struggle with shipping stuff.
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This is why I teach the UI/UX program with
@abnux
at
@10kdesigners
to help folks in India break into the field of design:
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Don't chase multiple ideas.
Hyperfocus on an idea.
Invest your time to earn capital.
Now invest your capital to chase multiple ideas.
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Everything is urgent at a Fortune 500 company except hiring, promotion, and salary hike.
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It's easy to create content (podcast/newsletter/video) today.
Hence distribution platforms are overcrowded with content creators.
Winners will be the ones who create unique, engaging content consistently for the next 5 years.
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Any designer thinking of starting a podcast should study how Rob Hope produces the Yo Podcast for inspiration
As a podcaster myself I'll say it -
@robhope
is hands down the best design podcaster on the planet!
Watching this behind the scenes clip about
@YoDotFM
production
What does it take to create a Yo! Podcast ep?🎙️
Here is a clip extracted from a transparent convo with
@doctorbaytas
— Why I started the podcast. Designing the format with games. Being creative. Intense research. Leverage I created with
@OnePageLove
to ask guests. The recording
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Designers who can design great interview experiences are universally hireable.
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Starting is easy.
Sticking to it is hard.
Yes the struggle is real.
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Amazing to see that the Email Accountability Framework (EAF) helping out creatives!
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Deadlines are the accountability partners for creatives.
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9 nuggets of financial wisdom I've received from designers over the years (THREAD):
1. Don't get caught up in the YOLO lifestyle. Avoid buying expensive cars, clothes.
2. Keep your burn rate low. Start saving up.
👇
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"A friendship founded on business is a good deal better than a business founded on friendship."
- John D Rockefeller
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Soon senior design folks from the meetup group began investing in me.
@cassininazir
told me to tear up my 3 page engineering resume. He helped make a new 1 page design resume. He also recommended me a bunch of design books which I started reading.
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I've spent the better part of 10 years learning how to improve my public speaking skills.
I'll be doing a live stream on YouTube this Friday (Jul 2) at 9 pm IST/ 11:30 am EDT to help you level up your public speaking game!
LINK:
See y'all there 🤟
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Jared Erondu started working with
@jaltma
,
@ekosz1
when
@LatticeHQ
was just an idea
Before Lattice raised $329M and became an unicorn
Now he's of VP of Design there
Why did Jared decide to join Lattice over joining a FAANG? Or start his own company?
Answer is 'PPP framework':
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@perplexity_ai
is hands down the best designed AI search engine.
Perplexity AI is valued at $520M and has raised from notable investors like
@eladgil
,
@soleio
,
@JeffBezos
,
@rauchg
,
@natfriedman
,
@tobi
and many more.
I interviewed Perplexity AI 's Head of Design
@henrymodis
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What took me 10 years to figure out by trial and error - you will learn in 3 months!
This includes breaking into a senior design role, building/leveraging your personal brand.
Good fit for designers with 1-3 years of experience.
If are interested, shoot me a DM!
🤝 Design MBA
We’re recruiting inaugural cohort members for the beta cohort.
Might be a good fit if you’re
• A designer with 1-3 years of experience
• Looking to break into a bigger role
• Want to build personal brand & leverage
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I got my first job in the design field by volunteering for a design community.
I didn't have a design degree or prior work experience.
Here's how you can do the same 🧵
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Traveling in group forces you to improve your empathy game.
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I'm doing a live stream this Wed at 10 PM IST.
GOAL: Help designers implement jugaad in their careers.
I'll be sharing lot of personal stories and anecdotes.
LINK:
@10kdesigners
alumni -please join if you are around. Would love to see y'all there 🤟
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3 D's of building a successful brand:
Desire
Drive
Dedication
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Talent with ambition is plenty.
Talent with dedication is 🦄
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