I came into my first design consulting job ready to start making, dive deep into research, and craft powerful experiences. Having just finished four years of design school, I was anxious to get started, wondering what the first solution that I would design would be and how I could employ the skills I had been honing for the last few years. I excitedly asked every more senior person I met for advice on how to deliver the best design work. But I was surprised when my first mentor at my job told me that the biggest challenges I was going to face were not going to be design challenges, but it will be the people, process, and organizational challenges that will really test me.
What I Didn't Learn in Design School
What I Didn't Learn in Design School
What I Didn't Learn in Design School
I came into my first design consulting job ready to start making, dive deep into research, and craft powerful experiences. Having just finished four years of design school, I was anxious to get started, wondering what the first solution that I would design would be and how I could employ the skills I had been honing for the last few years. I excitedly asked every more senior person I met for advice on how to deliver the best design work. But I was surprised when my first mentor at my job told me that the biggest challenges I was going to face were not going to be design challenges, but it will be the people, process, and organizational challenges that will really test me.