From a grad student to a product designer

Some very valuable first year advice:

Over-prepare for interviews

Design interviews needs immense preparation as well. When we think about how we form opinions and ideas about a topic, it’s only with very constant immersion that we form a solid judgement. The same applies for any design related activity.

Explore design trends to form an opinion

2016 saw a lot of interesting design trends — designing conversational UIs, designing for VR, apps going completely contextual by learning about users etc. I did a mistake by being overly skeptical about most of these trends. I saw them as a fad that would pass over time. On reflecting, if I were to relive through these emerging trends, I would jump head-first and explore what the emerging hype is all about.

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