Our guest for today is Pranava Tandra, Product Designer at Intercom, ex-Microsoft. She's done her Bachelors in Design from the National Institue of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and her Masters in Visual and Interaction Design from Indian Institue of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT) In this episode, we talk about Job Interviews, Work-from-Home Burnouts, Psychology, Web3, Tips for Students, Writing Case Studies, and many more things. Previously she has worked at companies like Microsoft and Adobe. She shares a great amount of wisdom with us in this one! Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ️ Timestamps 00:00 Our guest of the Day — Pranava Tandra from Intercom 01:01 How and Where do you find your design resources? 03:12 Tips for Writing Case Studies 04:24 Case Studies — Keeping them complex or simple? 06:15 Avoiding and Fixing Burnouts 08:08 Planning and prioritizing time 09:39 Keeping up with Web3 10:33 Things students should include in a portfolio 11:58 Building & Showing Character in our Work 13:56 What are job interviews like at big companies? 15:56 What were your interview experiences like? 17:08 Being Confident in Interviews 17:50 Conclusion 18:17 Connect with Pranava! _____ ️ Listen on • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WqW23aOsygZudWiQtGfmT • Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjEzNzUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw • Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/whiteboard-fm/id1507168159 _____ Connect with us! • Twitter: https://twitter.com/whiteboardfm/ • Instagram: https://instagram.com/whiteboard.fm/ _____ Our guest, Pranava's Socials: • Website: https://pranavatandra.medium.com/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/pranavatandra • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranavatandra/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tandra.jpg/ Brought to you by your host, Ansh Mehra: • Website: https://www.anshmehra.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshmehra.work/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnshMehraaa _____ Browse bite-sized learning in business, product, UI/UX design, freelancing, and more https://booklets.io Get real design inspiration from the world's best-designed apps https://uisources.com _____
Our guest for today is Oishee Sen, Product Designer at Bumble, ex-Microsoft. She's an Interaction and Communication Designer and did her graduation from the National Institute of Design (NID). Oishee has experience in multiple fields like Storytelling, Media, Marketing, User Experience Design, and many more. In the episode, she shares her thought process and mental models around design and her experience of working at great companies. Also, she writes great case studies and in this one, we also get to know what goes behind writing one. Don't miss out! Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ️ Timestamps 00:00 Our guest of the Day — Oishee Sen from Bumble 00:55 Learning Multiple Skills 05:34 Is a Design Degree Necessary? 11:09 Becoming Better at Writing Case Studies 15:17 How to Choose Your First Company 22:46 What Recruiters Look while Hiring Designers 26:36 Summing it up! 26:53 Connect with Oishee! 27:40 Conclusion 28:08 Outro _____ ️ Listen on • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WqW23aOsygZudWiQtGfmT • Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjEzNzUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw • Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/whiteboard-fm/id1507168159 _____ Connect with us! • Twitter: https://twitter.com/whiteboardfm/ • Instagram: https://instagram.com/whiteboard.fm/ _____ Our guest, Oishee's Socials: • Website: https://www.oishee.io/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/Oinkee • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oishee-sen-898622b7/ • Behance: https://www.behance.net/oisheesen Brought to you by your host, Ansh Mehra: • Website: https://www.anshmehra.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshmehra.work/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnshMehraaa _____ Browse bite-sized learning in business, product, UI/UX design, freelancing, and more https://booklets.io Get real design inspiration from the world's best-designed apps https://uisources.com _____
Our guest for today is Luca Orio, Design Systems Manager at Netflix. He's an Italian designer based out of San Francisco. He's been a designer for 19 years now and in this interview he shares some of the greatest and rarest insights regarding the things you experience as a designer and how to get the most out of things. An amazing thing about Luca is before entering the design space, he used to be a Drummer in a Metal Band which had become quite popular and signed with labels. But, his love and passion for design are what made him choose this path. Make sure you watch the entire episode, you're going to love it! Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ️ Timestamps 00:00 Our guest of the Day — Luca Orio from Netflix 01:03 Switching from Music to Design 06:12 Advice for Beginners Building a Design System 10:04 Incorporating & Maintaining Design System 13:12 Being Energetic & in the State of Flow as a Designer 17:05 Resources/Learnings for Upcoming Designers 22:50 Conclusion 22:43 Outro _____ ️ Listen on • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WqW23aOsygZudWiQtGfmT • Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjEzNzUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw • Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/whiteboard-fm/id1507168159 _____ Connect with us! • Twitter: https://twitter.com/whiteboardfm/ • Instagram: https://instagram.com/whiteboard.fm/ _____ Our guest, Luca's Socials: • Website: http://lucaorio.com/ • Twitter: http://twitter.com/lucaorio_ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucaorio_/ • LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/lucaorio/ • Medium: http://medium.com/@lucaorio_ Brought to you by your host, Ansh Mehra: • Website: https://www.anshmehra.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshmehra.work/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnshMehraaa _____ Browse bite-sized learning in business, product, UI/UX design, freelancing, and more https://booklets.io Get real design inspiration from the world's best-designed apps https://uisources.com _____
Our guest for today is Tarun Mangukiya, Founder & CEO at Iconscout. Before joining this company he has worked with companies like Microsoft, Remarkin E-Learning, and many more. Instead of going the job route after completing college, he took the startup route and built Iconscout from scratch. Being such a successful product, Iconscout was acquired by LottieFiles in Feb 2021. Iconscout is a design resources marketplace with 2.5 Million+ Icons, Illustrations, 3D Assets, and Lottie Animations from 2000+ contributors globally. We provide the simplest way to sell, share & exchange design assets to a worldwide audience. Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ️ Timestamps 00:00 Our guest of the day — Tarun Mangukiya from Iconscout 00:54 Going the Startup route instead of a Job 03:23 Experience & Learnings from Building to Being Acquired 05:14 Being Energetic & in State-of-Flow 07:32 Being Mentally Strong 09:08 Top 3 Misconceptions about the Entrepreneurship World 11:53 Pieces of Advice for Upcoming Entrepreneurs 14:09 Connect with Tarun! 14:22 Ending Notes by Ansh 14:40 "How to Get Rich" by Naval — Tarun's Perspective 16:27 Conclusion _____ ️ Listen on • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WqW23aOsygZudWiQtGfmT • Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjEzNzUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw • Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/whiteboard-fm/id1507168159 _____ Connect with us! • Twitter: https://twitter.com/whiteboardfm/ • Instagram: https://instagram.com/whiteboard.fm/ _____ Our guest, Tarun's Socials: • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarunmangukiya/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/TarunMangukiya/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarunmangukiya/ • Medium: https://medium.com/@TarunMangukiya/ • GitHub: https://github.com/tarunmangukiya/ Brought to you by your host, Ansh Mehra: • Website: https://www.anshmehra.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshmehra.work/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnshMehraaa _____ Browse bite-sized learning in business, product, UI/UX design, freelancing, and more https://booklets.io Get real design inspiration from the world's best-designed apps https://uisources.com _____
Our guest for today is Gaurav Baheti, CEO & Founder at Procol. Gaurav is an Engineer turned Designer & has worked at companies like Zomato and Google. But being passionate and full of potential, he decided to start his own company wanting to experiment and do what he really loves! Procol is a digital procurement platform that helps companies digitize their buying processes. It has raised a capital of $1 Million from Blue Ventures & Rainmatter, a fund managed by Zerodha. Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ️ Timestamps 00:00 Our guest of the day — Gaurav Baheti from Procol 01:16 Three Mindset Shifts causing the transition from Job to a Startup 03:09 Learning and Implementing things faster 03:41 Journey of Raising Capital & What happens after Raising one? 05:19 Differentiating between Life and Work while Running a Startup 06:33 Convincing Big Clients to Trust your Product 09:48 Being in a state of flow & Managing Emotions 14:45 How books have impacted Gaurav's life 20:18 Connect with Gaurav! 21:21 Conclusion _____ Resources/Books mentioned by Gaurav: • How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie — to improve interpersonal skills • The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey — to learn how to build trust • The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg — to develop habits • Good Strategy/Bad Strategy by Richard P. Rumelt — for building strategy • Blue Ocean Strategy by Renée Mauborgne and W. Chan Kim — for building strategy • Metaskill by Marty Neumeier — for a learning framework • Read books on Human Psychology • Learn from Mentors and Experienced people _____ ️ Listen on • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WqW23aOsygZudWiQtGfmT • Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjEzNzUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw • Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/whiteboard-fm/id1507168159 _____ Connect with us! • Twitter: https://twitter.com/whiteboardfm • Instagram: https://instagram.com/whiteboard.fm _____ Our guest, Gaurav's Socials: • Website: http://gbaheti.me • Instagram: http://instagram.com/gbaheti • Twitter: https://twitter.com/gbaheti • LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/gbaheti • Medium: http://medium.com/@gbaheti Brought to you by your host, Ansh Mehra: • Website: https://www.anshmehra.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshmehra.work/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnshMehraaa _____ Browse bite-sized learning in business, product, UI/UX design, freelancing, and more https://booklets.io Get real design inspiration from the world's best-designed apps https://uisources.com _____
Our guest for today Thalita is a Principal Product Designer at Adidas Runtastic. With a multitude of interests and creative pursuits, she feels UX design has the possibility to blend her passions for design, technology, and business, with her deep curiosity for human behavior. Adidas Runtastic develops activity tracking apps and services such as training logs, data analysis, comparisons to other users, and other functions to help users improve their overall fitness. On 5 August 2015, Adidas bought Runtastic for €220 million ($240 million). Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ️ Timestamps 00:00 Our guest of the day — Thalita from Adidas Runtastic! 01:07 Delivering the right experience to millions of users 05:34 Mana...
Our guest for today is Debashish Paul, Principal at Twitter Design. He has previously worked at companies like Facebook, Yahoo, SAP and has 60+ patents registered under his name! In this one we're going to get to know about his process and decisions he's made to be able to grab opportunities and work with great companies and be such a great designer. Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ️ Timestamps 00:00 Our guest of the day — Debashish Paul from Twitter! 01:08 Getting Multiple Opportunities at the BEST Companies 08:17 Switching from Computer Science to Design (UX) 15:36 Finding a Balance of Scalability of Idea 18:41 Solving Problems and Setting Priorities 23:26 Top-3 Powerful Resources to Learn Design 28:34 Design ...
Our guest for today is Kalyani Tupkary, she's a Hybrid Experience Designer. Currently, she's working as a Product Designer at Twitch, the world’s leading live streaming platform for gamers. Kalyani has done her Bachelor’s in Design from NID, Ahmedabad followed by a Masters in Fine Arts from the Parsons School of Design. The insights you're going to get from this episode would be phenomenal! Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ️ Timestamps 00:00 Our guest of the day — Kalyani Tupkary from Twitch 00:55 Welcoming Kalyani to the show! 01:00 From NID Ahemdabad to Parsons School of Design - The Journey 04:03 You say you're a Generalist. What are your views on being a Specialist v/s a Generalist? 05:52 What is your advice on recognizing the overlaps. How do you expand your knowledge of contrasting domains? 08:15 Designs that revolve around portals to alternate worlds. The purpose behind designing new realities. 10:08 How can one re-wire the constructs, biases, and mental models which are wired in us? 11:36 Which realities should one choose after realizing all these alternate possibilities and constructs? 13:59 What is Speculative Design? What's this design discipline focused on? 15:05 Kalyani's Top 3 Free yet Extremely Powerful Design Resources! 17:22 How to be Energetic and in the State-of-Flow as a Designer? 19:01 Summing it up! 19:44 Conclusion _____ Resources mentioned by Kalyani: • Design Podcasts - Design Matters, Scratching the Surface, Design Better, etcetera. • Near Future Laboratory - Podcast to jump into Speculative Design • Learning from mentors on https://adplist.org/ and other platforms. • Design Books - Design, When Everybody Designs, Don't Make Me Think, The Design of Everyday Things, Silicon Values. _____ ️ Listen on • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WqW23aOsygZudWiQtGfmT • Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjEzNzUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw • Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/whiteboard-fm/id1507168159 _____ Connect with us! • Twitter: https://twitter.com/whiteboardfm • Instagram: https://instagram.com/whiteboard.fm _____ Our guest, Kalyani's Socials: • Website: https://www.kalyanitupkary.com/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalyanitupkary/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/kalyani_tupkary • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kalyani_tupkary/ __ Brought to you by your host, Ansh Mehra • Website: https://www.anshmehra.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshmehra.work/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnshMehraaa _____ Browse bite-sized learning in business, product, UI/UX design, freelancing, and more https://booklets.io Get real design inspiration from the world's best-designed apps https://uisources.com _____
In this interview, we speak to Felix Lee. Felix is the Co-founder and CEO of ADPList and currently leading product strategy and community growth there. Previously, he's cofounded Packdat (accquired) and led design at Gotrade (YC S19), and Passpod (IDX: YELO). He also has worked with global startups from YCombinator, Antler, and more raising over $30M in 2 years from an early stage. Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ️ Timestamps 00:00 Our guest of the day — Felix Lee from ADPList 00:52 Welcoming Felix to the show! 01:17 What was Felix's master plan behind the growth of his startups? 03:02 How did Felix manage to lead Design Departments and what was his journey as a leader? 05:13 How can a startup be funded by YCombinator/Sequoia? What's ADPList's story? 08:25 What are Felix's future plans with ADPList now that it is funded by Sequoia? 11:21 How to be energetic and in a state-of-flow as a Designer? 13:29 Best Design Resources to Upskill 15:53 ADPList's contribution to the growth of the Design community 16:42 Connect with Felix! 17:00 Conclusion _____ Resources mentioned by Felix: • Learning from the Best UX Tutors on YouTube • Learn from Articles and Case Studies on https://medium.com/ • Learn from mentors on https://adplist.org/ _____ ️ Listen on • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WqW23aOsygZudWiQtGfmT • Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjEzNzUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw • Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/whiteboard-fm/id1507168159 _____ Connect with us! • Twitter: https://twitter.com/whiteboardfm • Instagram: https://instagram.com/whiteboard.fm _____ Our guest, Felix's Socials: • Website: https://felixleezd.medium.com/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixleezd/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/felixleezd/ __ Brought to you by your host, Ansh Mehra • Website: https://www.anshmehra.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshmehra.work/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnshMehraaa _____ Browse bite-sized learning in business, product, UI/UX design, freelancing, and more https://booklets.io Get real design inspiration from the world's best-designed apps https://uisources.com _____
In this interview, we speak to Lauren B Duxbury. Lauren is a UX Designer at Microsoft and has previously worked with Honeywell on their Forge Design System. Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ️ Timestamps 00:00 Welcoming Lauren and her experience at Honeywell! 01:46 How should beginners approach building a Design System 08:41 What to do when asked to design ad-hoc solutions without a comprehensive design system? 10:34 Resources to incorporate Design Systems with Developers 12:13 Can designers Multitask? 15:00 Managing Energy to be in a state of Flow 17:38 Best Design Resources to Upskill 21:06 Connect with Lauren! 21:47 Conclusion _____ Resources mentioned by Lauren: • Learn from Articles on https://medium.com/ • Use https://www.linkedin.com/ to network with people. • Find a mentor to improve your skills overall. • Daily UI challenges to help you develop your UI skills. • Keep playing with all the platforms, tools, concepts. _____ ️ Listen on • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WqW23aOsygZudWiQtGfmT • Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjEzNzUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw • Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/whiteboard-fm/id1507168159 _____ Connect with us! • Twitter: https://twitter.com/whiteboardfm • Instagram: https://instagram.com/whiteboard.fm _____ Our guest, Lauren's Socials: • Website: https://www.duxburycreative.com/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenduxbury/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurendux/ __ Brought to you by your host, Ansh Mehra • Website: https://www.anshmehra.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshmehra.work/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnshMehraaa _____ Browse bite-sized learning in business, product, UI/UX design, freelancing, and more https://booklets.io Get real design inspiration from the world's best-designed apps https://uisources.com _____