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Navigating career:

Designers’ milestones

Navigating career:

Designers’ milestones

Having a burnout

Having a burnout

Working with challenging clients

Working with challenging clients

Maintaining work-life balance

Maintaining work-life balance

A collection of milestones of most designers’ professional lives, reflected through personal stories from celebrated design leaders.

A collection of milestones of most designers’ professional lives, reflected through personal stories from celebrated design leaders.

Building a business with close ones

Building a business with close ones

Experiencing depression

Resolving disputes at work

Here you’ll read stories from Vitaly Friedman, founder of Smashing Magazine; Cat How, one half of the How&How agency; Beth Wilson, co-founder of the INTL conference; Felix Lee, CEO of ADPlist, and other brilliant design leaders.

Starting a design business

Changing countries and cities

Taking pro bono work

Negotiating salary or rates

Being a design leader

Letting someone go

Developing a unique style

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Finding a mentor

Leading a large team

Balancing client work and passion projects

Overcoming prejudice in the design industry

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