The story of how I got into product design

This article serves to answer the infamous “How and why did you choose this career?”. While it’s clear that everyone has their own journey of breaking into this field, this was mine.

Act 1: The mental breakdown

Picture this, you’ve got a coding assignment due tommorow and you still can’t figure a way to help Dobby slay the dragon and escape the maze. What do you do? Well, in my case, it was to question my 3 year degree choice and go down the rabbit hole of Youtube to escape the harsh reality of being a computer science student. Turns out, it was one of the most trivial productive procrastination moments in my life. I searched up “Tech jobs that didn’t require coding”, and through the works of the magical Youtube algorithm, there lied Coding Blonde’s (now called Stereotype Breakers) video which talked about UX/UI design. The

Act 2: The start of knowing what I don’t know

After skimming through all the Youtube videos I could find on UX/UI design, I wanted to hear from people who have broken into the industry and have had a background

• General Assembly
• University workshops and events
• CISSA, DIGISOC, MAC, SUEDE (Special shoutout to Ryan and Jasmine)
• Youtube channel
• Books
• Online courses
• Product Design Internship at Supahands
• ADPList
• Design buddies

Act 2: It’s getting real

• Transferred into Digital Technologies
• Started a product community
• Bid adieu to VS code, and lovingly welcomed Figma and Adobe XD as my everyday software
• Working part-time as a UX/UI designer

(Not) The End

• What’s next, I don’t know.
• Contionously learning, improving my craft, sharing what I know