Nodes of Design#54: Designing your Design Career by Lily Konings

Nodes of Design

Lily Konings is a Product Designer at Facebook, working on messaging experiences within Instagram. Before Facebook, she was at AngelList, where she improved the job searching experience for millions of candidates and worked at IBM Watson Health.

In this episode, Lily had shared great insights on how to design your design career; we spoke on how can designers be industry ready in the constant developing space. Lily shared few techniques (do's & don't) that she had personally used to increase her growth both professionally and personally as a designer; along with that, we discussed how designers could craft their own narrative as they grow in their career? And also how to reflect the same narrative in their portfolios.

Takeaways- How to be industry-ready always, How to cultivate a growth mindset, How to craft narratives.

Tales from Designers around the world - https://medium.com/design-warp

Lily's Newsletter - https://lilykonings.substack.com

Lily recommends books/blogs.

• How to Make Sense of Any Mess by Abby Covert
• Intercom design blog
• Why Are We Yelling by Buster Benson

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