INDUSTRIAL DESIGNERS: it’s not about your portfolio

Most people won’t tell you this. But here’s what’s actually going on.

Hiring decisions aren’t made on your portfolio. Or your resume. Or how you did on the design challenge.

They’re made when someone on the other side of the table thinks:​ Do I want this person in the room with me every day?​ Can I imagine them in the trenches with my team?

That’s it.

It’s not fair. It’s not objective. But it’s real.

So stop thinking your work will speak for itself.​ Start showing what it’s like to work with you.

Your presence, your energy, your curiosity, that’s what they remember.

———​ To bold ideas and well-crafted things,​ —Blair

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