That rings a bell with my current workplace too! Thank you so much for sharing.
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I often reflect if I want to focus on becoming what my current company is valuing (or maybe it’s not my cake and I should move on).
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The thing is: It’s an amazing growth opportunity to use what the company offers and we definitely grow in how the company shapes us.
It’s a question to what extent and how far are we excited to grow in it? In my case it also revolves around Ui design skills. I’ve been on that journey for 2y, so I wonder if I want to give up on my natural strengths (they were stagnant for some time now).
That's true. We're formed by our environment, but is that something we want to be? Something I should have touched on in the post.
It's challenging to balance the short-term and long-term. Short-term, it would be great to work on the things we want NOW. But then, are we sacrificing where we could be long-term?
Something that was different in H&M vs Klarna was that H&M was way more chill. I could create a lot more content. While at Klarna I need to work a lot more, so I can't create as much content. Still not sure what the best choice is.
Really insightful read. I liked what you said about "A trend I’ve seen is that companies’ expectations for UI design are higher. And now, I have updated my skill sets to match that so that I won’t feel like I can’t do that work. I’m by no means amazing at UI design, but I don’t stick out as a sore thumb anymore."
I definitely understand this. I feel like being in a super subjective field as design, everyone has high standards, because they've been looking at design ALL THEIR LIVES, through media, advertising, ANYTHING digital tbh. A good set of society has a general sense of good/bad UI, so it's definitely something I need to get back to practicing. Coming from a visual design background to UX, I put a lot of these practices in the backseat, but it's definitely a muscle that needs to be cultivated.
Thanks! That's interesting that, coming from a visual design background, you needed those skills to take the backseat. Because for the past two years, I've needed them to sit in the frontseat. I assume it depends on the company. But since you have that background, I think you will do well in this market!
That rings a bell with my current workplace too! Thank you so much for sharing.
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I often reflect if I want to focus on becoming what my current company is valuing (or maybe it’s not my cake and I should move on).
——
The thing is: It’s an amazing growth opportunity to use what the company offers and we definitely grow in how the company shapes us.
It’s a question to what extent and how far are we excited to grow in it? In my case it also revolves around Ui design skills. I’ve been on that journey for 2y, so I wonder if I want to give up on my natural strengths (they were stagnant for some time now).
That's true. We're formed by our environment, but is that something we want to be? Something I should have touched on in the post.
It's challenging to balance the short-term and long-term. Short-term, it would be great to work on the things we want NOW. But then, are we sacrificing where we could be long-term?
Something that was different in H&M vs Klarna was that H&M was way more chill. I could create a lot more content. While at Klarna I need to work a lot more, so I can't create as much content. Still not sure what the best choice is.
Really insightful read. I liked what you said about "A trend I’ve seen is that companies’ expectations for UI design are higher. And now, I have updated my skill sets to match that so that I won’t feel like I can’t do that work. I’m by no means amazing at UI design, but I don’t stick out as a sore thumb anymore."
I definitely understand this. I feel like being in a super subjective field as design, everyone has high standards, because they've been looking at design ALL THEIR LIVES, through media, advertising, ANYTHING digital tbh. A good set of society has a general sense of good/bad UI, so it's definitely something I need to get back to practicing. Coming from a visual design background to UX, I put a lot of these practices in the backseat, but it's definitely a muscle that needs to be cultivated.
Thanks! That's interesting that, coming from a visual design background, you needed those skills to take the backseat. Because for the past two years, I've needed them to sit in the frontseat. I assume it depends on the company. But since you have that background, I think you will do well in this market!