Get help from these Professional Designers
Designers share learnings from a 2-year long product design career
This article is part of the series (5/5) in which I asked a bunch of designers their learnings from a 2-year long product design career. If you haven’t read the intro article, you can check it out here.
Question: What should people reach out to you for?
Kenji Kaneko: Product Designer at Duo Security
Ask about my work, Collaborate on a side project, Talk about design in general, Guidance on specific issues, Fleshing out their ideas, Portfolio review, Accountability buddy, Interview Prep
Deepak Krishnan: UX Designer at SAP
Ask about my work, Collaborate on a side project, Talk about design in general, Guidance on specific issues, Fleshing out their ideas, Asking to be a mentor, Portfolio review
Nathan Magyar: UX Designer at the University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation
Ask about my work, Talk about design in general, Guidance on specific issues, Fleshing out their ideas, Asking to be a mentor, Portfolio review
Raymond Su: UX Designer at Telenav
Ask about my work, Collaborate on a side project, Talk about design in general, Fleshing out their ideas, Asking to be a mentor
Raden Tonev: UX Designer at Microsoft
Ask about my work, Talk about design in general, Guidance on specific issues, Portfolio review
Jatin Gupta: Product Designer at Sprint (now T-mobile)
Ask about my work, Collaborate on a side project, Talk about design in general, Guidance on specific issues, Portfolio review.
Ruta Gokhale: UX Designer at Thomson Reuters
Ask about my work, Collaborate on a side project, Talk about design in general, Fleshing out their ideas
Olivia Patercsak: User Experience Architect at Esri
Ask about my work, Collaborate on a side project, Talk about design in general, Guidance on specific issues, Fleshing out their ideas
Question: Where can people reach out to you?
Kenji Kaneko: Product Designer at Duo Security
Send me an email: kkaneko@umich.edu
Deepak Krishnan: UX Designer at SAP
deepak@umich.edu or Linkedin. If you connect on LinkedIn please do introduce yourself.
Nathan Magyar: UX Designer at the University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation
Raymond Su: UX Designer at Telenav
Raden Tonev: UX Designer at Microsoft
Email: rtonev@umich.edu
Jatin Gupta: Product Designer at Sprint (now T-mobile)
Send me a dm on Twitter or Linkedin
Ruta Gokhale: UX Designer at Thomson Reuters
Olivia Patercsak: User Experience Architect at Esri
Question: Is there something that you want to promote (personal website, Instagram, dribble)?
Kenji Kaneko: Product designer at Duo Security
https://medium.com/giveovertake
Deepak Krishnan: UX designer at SAP San Ramon, Oakland, CA
Nathan Magyar: UX Designer at the University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation
Not at the moment. Currently redesigning and rebuild my portfolio.
Raymond Su: UX Designer at Telenav
Raden Tonev: UX Designer at Microsoft
No
Jatin Gupta: Product Designer at Sprint (now T-mobile)
Twitter — @booWendyb00, Dribbble: jatinthedesigner
Ruta Gokhale: UX Designer at Thomson Reuters
https://medium.com/@rutagokhale
Olivia Patercsak: User Experience Architect at Esri
N/A
Other articles in this series
Introduction: Meet the designers
Life as a Product Designer
- What does a typical workday look like for you (pre-quarantine)?
- What is 1 skill that you think is the most important to be a good product designer?
- What is the most challenging aspect of being a product designer?
Advice for new product designers
- What is 1 UX skill/course from the University of Michigan that translates directly into your work?
- What advice would you give to product designers starting their career?
- What is 1 thing you look for in a product design portfolio?
Tips to grow as a Product Designer
- Please share some resources (communities, blogs, or specific designers) that you use to keep yourself updated about product design?
- Is there something (preferably related to design but anything creative) you are learning nowadays? If yes, what is it?
- Is there a product you have come across that you thought was designed really well? Why did you think so?
Get help from these Professional Designers (this article)
- Is there something that you want to promote (personal website, Instagram, dribble)?
- Where can people reach out to you?
- What should people reach out to you?
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Hi! My name is Jatin Gupta. I am a product designer currently thinking about how to grow as a product designer.
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