Listen "8: Self-teaching Product Design, pro-bono projects, and life at Netflix with Jessica Gaddis of Twitter"
Episode Synopsis
Jessica Gaddis is a Product Designer at Twitter that taught her way into the field. She worked at Netflix and did some pro-bono work too. Listen in on her secrets to learning:
6:30 How she discovered product design and started learning
13:38 Why she didn’t go to a bootcamp (but still used one)
19:28 Getting experience without a job
22:38 Product design is impossible without collaboration
23:56 Real-life design is different from those listicles
29:45 Process for kicking off her job search
33:14 The structure of tech company’s like Netflix teams
38:16 Finding peer mentors to make the first year easier
45:50 Difference between designing internally vs. for clients
52:40 What she would do if she was trying to break into product design today
54:35 What designers need to do in their first year of their career
Follow Jessica on Twitter to stay updated on her latest work.
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6:30 How she discovered product design and started learning
13:38 Why she didn’t go to a bootcamp (but still used one)
19:28 Getting experience without a job
22:38 Product design is impossible without collaboration
23:56 Real-life design is different from those listicles
29:45 Process for kicking off her job search
33:14 The structure of tech company’s like Netflix teams
38:16 Finding peer mentors to make the first year easier
45:50 Difference between designing internally vs. for clients
52:40 What she would do if she was trying to break into product design today
54:35 What designers need to do in their first year of their career
Follow Jessica on Twitter to stay updated on her latest work.
PLEASE throw us a REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE if you learned something new! ------------------
Follow us on LinkedIn for all our events & tips: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/booting-upOr Twitter works too: https://twitter.com/BootingUpPodJoin our community of bootcamp grads on Discord at: https://prentus.co/community
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