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Darshan Gajara – Freelance, Personal Branding and Side Projects – Whiteboard.fm #020
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English - August 30, 2020 22:36 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBDesign Arts Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, we speak to Darshan Gajara. He is a Product Designer, Product Maker and has remote working experience of more than 3 years. He is currently working as a Senior Product Designer at GraphCMS in Berlin and is the Founder of Product Disrupt. #founder #producthunt
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❓⏰ Questions:
Your story
0:00 Introduction
02:45 How did you get started in design?
Freelancing and Remote Work
05:34 How did you make the transition from full-time work to full time freelancing?
08:14 What are the key differences between being a freelancer, working remotely, and being a consultant?
13:00 What are the responsibilities when working as a consultant?
14:33 When should designers consider freelancing as a full-time option?
18:10 What do you feel about the current freelance space as compared to when you were starting off?
20:35 How do you feel Covid-19 is going to affect remote work?
Personal Branding
23:30 Do you feel that everyone should have a personal brand?
24:08 What is the purpose of a personal brand according to you?
25:48 What does a personal brand consist of?
27:02 What are the expectation vs realities of building a personal brand?
29:17 What was your approach in building your personal brand?
36:49 How can someone build their story and narrative?
40:47 Since “Mediums influence the message”, what kind of mediums do you feel are the best for aspirants to put worth their message?
Side Hustles
44:11 How was Product Disrupt created?
47:30 What is your criteria for featuring content on the Product Disrupt website and newsletters?
52:23 What methods did you use for scaling up your projects and getting more reach?
55:30 What are some of the difficulties you faced while building and sustaining Product Disrupt?
59:10 How do you decide between working on new side hustles vs scaling up existing ones?
01:02:26 How can beginners get over the fear of making their side projects public?
01:10:39 Can you tell us more about your book ‘How to crack the product design interview’ and when is it being made public?
Experiences and Learnings
01:17:12 In times when you’re feeling low, what do you do and what do you suggest your juniors should do?
01:20:32 What were your top 3 learnings from your design journey so far?
Sign off
01:24:29 What's something you wish you knew when you were starting off?
Product Disrupt: https://productdisrupt.com/
Darshan's website: https://darshangajara.com/
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