Welcome to Episode 13 of Immutable! In this episode, we discuss open source traction, spec redesigns, staying excited about side projects, the best ways to network on a budget, and organizing layers in your design files.


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Topic 1: How do you get traction on open source projects?

Janum Trivedi
Dribbble

Topic 2: As a student applying to positions, would a recruiter like it or take offense at a spec redesign of their product in your portfolio?

Daniel Burka on having job applicants redesign your product
John Zeratsky
Daniel Burka
Soleio

Topic 3: I always find myself coming up with cool ideas and concepts that I get really excited about making. Then after a while I eventually stop and forget about them. Do you have any tips on finishing ideas/projects and seeing them through? Especially from a design and programming point of view.

"Value of Beta"
Design Details 01: How Nerdy of an Answer Do You Want? (feat. Sam Soffes)
Gabriel Valdivia
Michael Schultz
Ajay Nainani

Topic 4: If a person had $1k and wanted put it towards “networking” (is there a better word for this now?), what’s the best way for them to spend it? Round trip to SF and get coffee with a bunch of people? A conference? Which ones? Any other tips? Etc, etc...

ValioCon

Topic 5: How you do actually organize your layers and how important it is to you? Where does this organization integrate into your process?

Screenshot example of my layer structure

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