Switching fields & the path to Become a Designer — switching career to design, from graphic design & motion to product design, generalist vs specialist designers: Conversation with Abhinav Chhikara

Anamorphic by @kingsidharth

English - March 19, 2020 18:54 - 1 hour - 61.6 MB
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Previous Episode: #3 Building a Career with the Internet, Finding our Passion, & Building Wealth — King Sidharth's speech at PSG College of Techn, Coimbatore

Next Episode: Design Roundtable 3 — The Rants of a Designer: Technical feasibility & debt, limitations, and form over function

This roundtable turned to a conversation between the two — Abhinav Chhikara & Sidharth, since the other guests couldn't make it. We talked about several topics but mostly covered:

*Switching to design career*
- Switching from a non-design industry to design or designer roles
- Why self-learning is the future of design and why & how you should make your own "path"
- A framework by Abhinav on how you can track your progress and what you can expect as you start to self-learn design

*Switching from one design specialization to another*
- Why may you want to change — what are some good reasons?
- Switching from Graphic Design to Product Design
- Product Designers learning or moving to Motion Design and vice versa

*Generalist vs specialist & multi-disciplinary designers*
- Difference and common things between a generalist and a specialist
- How requirements and opportunities change as you shift between the two
Stories
- We frequently share our success — let's talk about one story of failure and what you'd learn from it

*Side projects*
Abhinav is working on www.10kdesigners.com — with a goal to help 10,000 new self-taught designers emerge in the industry with a network of industry experts. His YouTube Channel, uisources.com, booklets.io, and many future projects will be under that mother brand.
After several failed attempts at building some apps, I have moved back to blog ging, vlogging, speaking at colleges, creating content, & sharing his journey — watching folks from college enter the industry and d o well, over the years, and the possibility of being a part of their story is what keeps me going.

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Abhinav Chhikara is a design educator, digital creator, youtuYouTuberber, and mentor to many designers across the country. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/ABNUX

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Find the full transcript of the podcast here.