Learning about new tools, meeting colleagues IRL, and spamming downtown San Francisco with thousands of lime green tote bags at the biggest, buzziest design conference in tech.
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At an early age, I learned how to write professional emails, mail invoices, appear older than I was, and convince real adults I was good enough for whatever job.
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When I was starting out, tech jobs were so mysterious. Unless you hit up a career fair in college and worked an internship in Big Tech (both of which I missed because my career journey had its fair share of twists and turns), I had zero idea how people did it.
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Lately my work has been less about the work work and more about people.
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About 4 years ago, I started my first job as a product designer at thredUP. Here are some things I’ve learned during my time there.
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I owe my career to hackathons. For a new designer, they’re the perfect opportunity to learn, work with a team of people from different backgrounds, and use your design prowess to lead and present.
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They enrich my perspectives, expose me to diversity and new opinions, and allow me to look at life and the human experience in new fascinating ways.
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“Be better in real life than on social media.”
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I had to teach myself things again. So I hacked together a bootcamp.
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The earliest recollection I have of my career aspirations was wanting to be an inventor. I loved to dream and draw out the crazy things I'd imagine, like a boat-car-plane.
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I remember all those shoots and think back to a time when I was busting ass but having the time of my life. I was unapologetically owning 100% of who I was: a passionate girl who may have been foolish but knew what she love and did what she loved.
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In life we don't fail. We pivot.
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