Have a ten year plan for your career. It'll be laughably inaccurate: according to my old one, in the next ~2 years I should be a COO / VP type at a Fortune 500, or close to it.

I am not that–but the plan kept me moving, and that uncovered new directions that led me here instead.

Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) on X

https://x.com/QuinnyPig/status/1436132810004123648

Just focus on learning new things. Never stop learning and growing. If you’re not learning something isn’t quite right (switch jobs etc)

I like this way of looking ahead https://x.com/QuinnyPig/status/1436132810004123648 this thread is gold

Keep designing and don’t get lost in politics and process.

Laugh more and learn not to take things too seriously.

1. Find ways to pass my knowledge on to younger designers
2. Learn to manage people (and learn whether I enjoy that)
3. Maintain my curiosity and my desire to develop my craft
4. Continue to find interesting problems to solve

25 years in… my goals can be split into 3 buckets: craft, financial, entrepreneurial. For craft I’m always learning new technologies softwares and techniques, as well as making on a regular basis. Financial is about making good investments and choices. Lastly, business…

For people that have been designers for 8+ years, what are you career goals now? I need someone to tell me what mine should be...

for me the older I get (as a mother and wife), the lower the goals but stop until the middle of my career, not back to the beginning of course. However, I have a minimum standard of income. I have another focus too, which says religious (didn't mean I'm a pious person)

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