Charles asks: Wondering about the pros/cons of agency vs in house.
Generally, you end up doing more actual design in an agency. At OM, I spent 85% of my time doing actual design work. At Coinbase, it’s more…
Ros asks: Any hints on how to build my value prop as a designer to the FED team?
Tom (name changed) asks: I’ve been applying to places since January and am not hearing back from anybody. The last interview I had was in January and things are so slow that I’ve started to worry now. I want to make sure I am not…
Catherine asks: I found your portfolio through google search and I really like the layout and the simple style of your homepage. Can I build my portfolio with this style?
Tina asks: I find that my coding skills are very, very limited - and programming isn’t something I enjoy or could easily understand. I know this is a huge disadvantage - but I was wondering whether you have any suggestions on how I can combat that?
I’ve spent the first month of my post-bootcamp time chatting with designers, recruiters and design managers. In this process, I’ve talked to around 30 people in companies ranging from agencies to tech comanies and have gotten a lot of great advice on my portfolio and…