Zero

Back in 2021, I started a little design community, #DesignDrug . Lead by me and a couple of close friends who were stupidly good at what they did. I named us Cartel. I still can't fully explain why. Some names feel like they're yours before you've earned them. Here's a thing I've learned about myself. I have an embarrassing attention span. The kind that keeps pulling me toward whatever is new and shiny before I've finished what's already in my hands. So after about a year, I did what I always do. I moved on. And Cartel quietly got left behind. It sat there for a few years. A name I loved, with no one around it. These days I'm building @zero_university from the ground up. And somewhere along the way, I ended up with the best group of people I could have asked for. A design team where every single person makes me want to be better. I watch what they craft and piece together, and I just get inspired. For once, the shiny new thing isn't out there somewhere. It's sitting right next to me. So I brought the name back. We're Cartel. And this time, I'm not going anywhere. 🌸

Mixing art and design into a pure tech palette isn't easy. But figuring it is the fun part. One thing we kept coming back to: the user should feel a sense of delight throughout the experience. No matter what they're doing. Picking a track, opening a card, finishing a challenge.

1/ interaction design is mostly blurs, scale and match cuts, and i keep being surprised by how small that toolkit actually is.

entry level. five years required. listed both internships. the summer job. the part-time from sophomore year. got to four and a half. submitted.

stipend is $1,400 a month. rent near the office starts at $2,800. the offer packet has a section called "helpful housing resources.

got to final round. they paused hiring. same job is posted again

If you spent four years and your parents' savings on a degree that isn't getting you hired, Zero was built for you. Zero opens for beta soon. Founding members get first access to every feature we ship for the next year. Limited spots, a lot coming in the next few weeks.

@pixelandpump put me on interaction design this week, which is funny because I usually live in 3D and have spent maybe zero hours thinking about how a button should feel when you tap it. Spent two days making it too much, then too little, sitting somewhere in between.

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How many of these hit your inbox and your self-esteem at the same time??? 1/8

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This is what 'start from Zero' means.

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Stop just attending college. Do shit that actually counts. 1/8

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