How to Excel at Your

First Design Job

“A Deal”
Adil Majid
Question?
Just shout
 Run killer meetings

How to Excel at Your

First Design Job
 Run killer meetings

How to Excel at Your Get a mentor

First Design Job
 Run killer meetings

How to Excel at Your Get a mentor

First Design Job
Engineers are your friends
 Run killer meetings

How to Excel at Your Get a mentor

First Design Job
Engineers are your friends
Measure, measure, measure
 2/5

Run Killer Meetings

 Send out an agenda

Run Killer Meetings

 Send out an agenda

Prepare a deck

Run Killer Meetings

 Send out an agenda

Prepare a deck

Run Killer Meetings Define meeting goals

 Send out an agenda

Prepare a deck

Run Killer Meetings Define meeting goals

Send notes afterwards

 Send out an agenda

Prepare a deck

Run Killer Meetings Define meeting goals

Send notes afterwards

Start and end on time

 3/5

Get a Mentor
How to Get a Mentor
How to Have a Mentor
 Friend, colleague, Twitter-
friend, anyone

Mentorship
 Friend, colleague, Twitter-
friend, anyone

Someone who will rip your

work apart
Mentorship
 Friend, colleague, Twitter-
friend, anyone

Someone who will rip your

work apart
Mentorship

Meet up for coffee, beer,

dinner, whatever - in person!
 Friend, colleague, Twitter-
friend, anyone

Someone who will rip your

work apart
Mentorship

Meet up for coffee, beer,

dinner, whatever - in person!

Aim for 2x a month

 4/5

Engineers are your friends

 Explain WHY its worthwhile

Engineers are
your friends
 Explain WHY its worthwhile

Understand engineering
constraints
Engineers are
your friends
 Explain WHY its worthwhile

Understand engineering
constraints
Engineers are
your friends Develop heuristics for
difficulty of features
 Explain WHY its worthwhile

Understand engineering
constraints
Engineers are
your friends Develop heuristics for
difficulty of features

Invite to design reviews /

critiques
 5/5

Measure, measure, measure

 Decide what metrics you care
about
Measure,
measure,
measure
 Decide what metrics you care
about
Measure,
Set goals
measure,
measure
 Decide what metrics you care
about
Measure,
Set goals
measure,
measure
Track your progress after
you ship - did you accomplish
your goals?
?
Adil Majid

🐦 @adilmajid

adil.f.majid@gmail.com