definitely depends, for me, primarily on what's being worked on and the maturity of the team/product. i (and i think any experienced designer) can design quick, but with that you might sacrifice quality or a good solution.
How long does it take for you to design? I’ve never worked for a company FT as part of a design team (only freelanced), so lately I haven’t been sure if I’m just a slow worker or if it really does take a while to design something, like a drag-up modal or checkout flow. Any input?
then on the flipside, designing slowly is cool with me too but then the product/whatever might miss out on users, or whatever benefits from being out sooner.
I definitely struggle with finding that balance between making deadlines that were “yesterday” 🙄 and designing something actually user friendly. I also sometimes underestimate how long a specific flow will actually take so that’s when I question my speed/design abilities 😭
+1 to it depending on the person.. Experiences like going to art school/having an extremely annoying boss in one particular job that would literally stand behind me watching me work have made me a faster designer lol I think it just comes with experience
Working as a freelancer has definitely given me more control over the things I share (I’d hate someone watching me like that omg) but I do think there could be more opportunities to grow as a designer if I worked with others. The current job market is very off-putting though 😥
Those opportunities will come! Don’t be too hard on yourself 💜 And yeah, I definitely don’t recommend working with a micromanager like that.. They would stress me out which sometimes led to mistakes and the work taking longer/them then being annoyed with me bc of that. Not good
Honestly I think I’m starting to want that social interaction of working with other designers, learning little things like that sounds pretty intriguing! WFH and alone is easier for my lifestyle but I think going to work and bouncing off ideas with coworkers can also be helpful!
Glad I’m not alone!! I’ve worked primarily with startups and sometimes they say they want a simple wireframe of a page, but for me that’s kind of hard to do bc I feel like for them to see the same vision I have, I should deliver high quality work which takes me longer to complete
oof i definitely struggled with this mostly because i had to track my time for each client at my last job 😭
I'm pretty fast at coming up with wireframes to prove my ideas, but when it comes to creating high-fidelity mockups, I take my time to dial in the details...