Dhan
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Dhan
@Danezekiels
I help Fintech, Saas, E-commerce, Web3, Edtech, Heathtech, logistics, create mobile app,website, dashboard and product designs that increase revenue.
Katılım Kasım 2023
124 Takip Edilen36 Takipçiler

There is one thing I would never recommend: spending all your time learning Figma.
Let me explain this better.
A while ago, a guy messaged me on WhatsApp. He said he got my number from one of my YouTube videos.
He told me he had been a UX designer for three years, but no one had ever paid him to do any design work.
I told him there were only two possible reasons.
Either he had been very inconsistent, or he had spent those 3 years learning Figma.
He admitted it was both.
This was his usual pattern.
Anytime he saw a friend get a job as a project manager, he would switch to PM.
He would spend 3 - 4 months taking courses, then go for interviews.
If he failed one, he took it as a sign that the path was not for him.
Within 3 years, he had touched five different tech roles.
This is very common with most immigrants trying to get into tech.
This is the tech skill paying more, you jump in. Oh is not this one again, here are 5 tech skill that will pay you to sleep. You jump on it. All those aspire to megwaire to papaya.
I won’t even tell you to “stay consistent.”
At age 30 and 35, you have to learn how to start something and stay with it regardless of the outcome.
Most freelancers don’t jump from pillar to post when they can’t get another gig after 3months.
They stay in one lane, keep driving, and trust that anything capable of making you $20 today can also make you $100k if you stay long enough and play it strategically.
Figma won’t save you from indecision. Knowing how to use it won’t even make you a ux designer either.
Kwechiri… Onye kwe chiya ekwe (ask your Igbo friend the meaning).
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Now here is where most people get it all wrong. Learn the tool and also learn how to get the job. They are two different things. You will get better over time.
Most folks scooping six figures in design industry. When you see their designs you will be like what’s special here. They’ve mastered two things, positioning and communication.
But the ones trying to break in are more focused on impressing their fellow designers under “show your work” trend.
Hiring managers can smell someone that knows how to use Figma and someone who can design solutions. They are not the same thing
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I’m Dan
A Ui/UX designer
Tutorial credit to Alexdev
Check out my portfolio: behance.net/ezekieldaniel1
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