DESIGNER RESOURCES

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2021-05-24 02:00:14

Every so often I get people who ask me if I have advice for new college grads, younger designers, even designer peers entering this illusive jungle. There's a lot of generational lines you get with the typical tips of designers, from the dying breed of those who started out in the pre 00's print-or-ad-agency focused world. There's the new breed of fancy digital designers chasing the latest trends and FAANG jobs.

And then there's the desigers in between - surprisingly talented but quiet corporate designers that have figured out the whole work-life-thing (the ones not on twitter), agency designers that may skillfully dance between entire chasms of mediums in the same project, freelancers who have a natural apitude for sales and find their calling in being focused in their chosen medium and style ...

Yours truly has seen them all, and worn all of the hats mentioned above by this point. Here's a few words for your reading time. All opinions are my own, and have been lived.