
The designer with a growth mindset deftly navigates different systems and platforms of knowledge at her disposal — be it academic journals, blog articles, podcasts, real people on Twitter, conversations at lunch, or the real-time observance of events—there will be always something to learn.
When it comes to unfamiliar items it’s better to visually expose the items instead of hiding them. It’s even better to do it in a logically organized way: create groups with meaningful titles, and let the users zoom in to the groups they are interested in.
If you take away only one thing from this piece, I hope it’s this: there’s no such thing as a “junior developer,” there’s apprenticeships — and either you’re either apprenticing towards a lifestyle you want or you’re apprenticing to position yourself for a future opportunity. Neither choice is wrong or right, just decide for yourself which is yours and don’t let anyone call …