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What are some of the mistakes you did in your early design career? And how did you overcome it?
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@christopher_lee4 man loved your chrome extension, installed it also. But what's more important to me is your advice and how you made a startup by observing things.
Spending too much time looking at a white canvas. Don't remember how i overcame it but I've trained every other designer afterwards never to do this mistake again.
Whether you have an idea or not, just start designing stuff even when you know it's not right. Then after you design 5 bad designs you can start combining it into something that actually makes sense. Then ask others what they think, how they feel etc. 😄
Early Career Mistake: Spend too much time building the product instead of validating the idea first.
Solution: Focusing on validating the concept before investing too much time and resources.
Building a team is important, but even more important is listening to the voice of the user, who can bring unlimited motivation to the team.
Some of the mistakes I made in the beginning of my design career were not communicating well with clients, not putting user experience first, and not being open to feedback. To fix these problems, I worked on my communication skills, learned about user experience design principles, and asked my colleagues and clients for feedback on how I could improve and grow as a designer.
@thefidelavedano thanks alot for this. Can I ask how you improved communication skills? Any blogs or books?
Many early designers tend to focus too much on the visual aspect of their designs and neglect the functionality and usability. To overcome this, it is important to understand the user's needs and create designs that are user-friendly and intuitive.
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