As I gained more experience, I realized that I wasn’t the only designer with imposter syndrome. Many seasoned designers are still figuring out some part of their job. It’s common for people to feel hesitant or nervous about asking questions, especially if they are in a new or unfamiliar situation. However, asking questions is necessary to learn and grow as a designer.
Design team goals are a great way to ensure your team is on track to completing the right tasks and to help productivity and focus throughout the whole team. It can sometimes be hard to know how to correctly set goals, however.
We have 150+ prompts we have sourced and also have a place for you to submit your own to our community! You can easily find a prompt across different categories, copy to your clipboard, and run it quickly in ChatGPT.
Writing and web design go together quite well. Both require creativity and attention to detail. Importantly, they also serve as a gateway to connecting with others. It’s a combination that has helped me through my journey. With 20+ years in design and another 10+ writing, I feel that each has provided me with a foundation for growth. As one discipline informs the other, there is so much I might have missed…
As designers, we often find ourselves haunted by feelings of inadequacy and the fear of making mistakes. This fear, known as imposter syndrome, can hold us back from fully embracing our careers and reaching our goals. It’s important for us as designers to normalize conversations about mental health and well-being in the tech industry and to openly talk about our fears and struggles with each other.
The tech industry is not known for having great interviewing processes. From the notorious whiteboard interviews to algorithm challenges requiring a computer science degree to even wrap your head around, there are all kinds of outdated standards and approaches to interviewing developers that should have died out years ago. Unfortunately, like most legacy systems we love to hate, these interview processes are likely to crop up in your career from…
AI is here. What will it bring? Is it the end of the design field? I can only tell you one thing: don’t be afraid.
As the year comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the various streams of income that I’ve added to my business this year. While each has been valuable in its own way, one that has stood out is starting my own online course.
There are many ways of working on a computer — but some are faster than others. And for us designers, every second saved by working faster is that much more time to do the things that we love. In this article, Ashish Bogawat shares some of his favorite ways how to boost productivity and do things faster by using efficient tools and workflows.
