Career in Design — from Jr. to Senior Designers, Design Mentorship & Evangelism — Design Roundtable:

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What if we could get some kick-ass folks to sit together and talk about questions and issues that most won't address. With the first roundtable, we explored the topic "Career Path as a Designer", with: Abhinav Chhikara — Designer, YouTuber, & Digital Creator Arjun Arunkumar, Designer at Swiggy Hardik Pandya — Designer at Google Madhuri Maram — Co-founder at Xperian & D+P, Host at Hireworthy Podcast --- Here are some questions we talked about: What, we wish, we knew when starting our careers as a designer 1:38 What excites us about the future of design & tech? 12:55 Career Options: Individual Contributor (IC) vs Managerial Roles (and other ideas) 34:44 Importance of Design Evangelism & Design Mentorship — for organisations & individuals 54:42 Design Community & Industry Talk 01:07:18 Bloopers 01:20:22 From improving on communication, collaboration to alignment and people-management skills. We talked about all! How would you answer these questions? What were your favourite moments from the roundtable? Have someone in mind that we should invite for a roundtable? Leave a comment! #design #designcareer #uiuxdesigner #seniordesigner #leaddesigner #designmanager #careertips #designcareertips