How to break into design systems engineering in 2022

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2 min readJul 28, 2022
Break into Design Systems Engineering, featuring Jen Chan, hosted by chantastic and Storybook.

How do you break into design systems engineering in 2022? There isn’t one, clear path. Nor are there schools, programs, or certificates that guarantee design system experience. From the outside, it might feel like an impossible field to break into.

I asked Jen Chan — TorontoJS organizer and artist — about her career in tech and the broad skillset required to be a successful as a design systems engineer. Here advice? Get involved in community and make software that is well understood.

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