So, now, I’m gonna start and tell you about my experience, that I get from the book I’ve posted. I’ll try to explane it by using example connected with my girlfriend’s idea to be a good designer=))

This one is easy. Don’t take it. You’re just starting your career, and a startup is the absolute worst place for you right now. Let me break it down:

1. You don’t know how to be a designer yet.

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but I promised I would never lie to you. You have absolutely no idea how to be a designer yet. You might have been the greatest design student at your school, and you still have no idea how to be a designer. At best, you’ve picked up a very strong set of formal and aesthetic skills which will serve as a foundation to become a designer. But you’ve never dealt with a client or a boss, you’ve never had to sell an idea. You’ve never dealt with having to convince your engineering team of why something was important, you’ve never learned to say no to a bad request, you’ve never had to gather requirements, and you’ve most likely never interviewed a user. Your mileage may vary, depending on where you went to school, of course.

This isn’t me being a jerk, either. At this stage, there’s no way you would know these things. But you want to put yourself in a position where you can learn them. And a startup, where you’ll most likely have to do all of these things, probably isn’t going to have anyone who can teach you.