Also funny how their recent design graduates end up becoming "mentors" for their subsequent batches. I mean doesn't mentorship need experience? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Product Manager

Software Developer

Bruh, I was about to join them but now they seem to be very low quality. I think Tanmay's Substack post made me interested in them, which IMO was a good read. 
 I wonder if you know a good camp/coaching/etc which is good for algo rizz, referrals and interviews (potentially pave way to get hired with 0 network atm)

Analyst

Investor

Is their bootcamp worth it ? I see lot of people getting 20 lac package.?

No bootcamp is worth it. If there are bootcamp, why do people go through 4 years of bdes degree. If it was worth it, NID/IIT IDC should just shut shop and go lol. Less than 1% of the batch and that too when there was a bull market then people might have got. Now all I get is referral texts from these 10k people

Product Designer

Lot of people? I see the majority are still searching for a job or stuck in their old non design job.

Intern

UX/UI Designer

Couldn’t agree more, probably just a place where the most skilled folks gets attention and they are the ones that attract more audience. Very similar to Kotas jee coaching structure

Visual Designer

Can you comment on the work quality, like share examples

Founder’s Office

hyping and commenting on each other’s shitty work which they have designed for other designers on social media

10k designers CBC students in a nutshell

10k designers CBC students in a nutshell- Grapevine

Anyone from 10k designers who have completed their program? Are you working with company or still looking?

10k design

Mostly so called "Design Leaders" "mentors" are always spewing gyaan in my office, LinkedIn, social media but actually fail to implement those stuff. Every other week we have this call where designers are supposed to talk about a topic and every designer comes with such complex presentations, use big words as if they are saving the world or something. They unnecessarily complicate such simple topics and then go on to call themselves designers 🤡

Why are product designers so pretentious?

Looking at the sad state of UX market in India makes me think about the scene few years back. In 2018-19 many folks who found coding or other roles a little difficult switched to UX. 

UX design was glorified even more by few design influenzaaas as if its the only coolest job left in IT.

Most of the experienced designers we see today are earning good but shit in their pants when asked to do good visuals. They are good at talking, use lot of UX jargons and give gyaan on Linkedin comments and constantly ridicule designers who are good at visuals to sound intellectual.

We don’t see talented illustrators, motion designers, vfx folks get the appreciation they deserve. Also these skills are difficult and takes hell lot of practice to master and has a high entry barrier as well.

Market ruined because of low entry barrier in UX Design? 🤔

Business Analyst

It seems unfair to me and others like me who are trying to get into the industry. People who are in the industry very well know that they didn't get an entry because they did some Jony Ive-level work. The majority of them simply got lucky in 2021. Now everyone wants superheroes in the name of product design. I wish I was doing the same job search in 2021, things would have been different.

Designers Rant

How bad is the design job market now in India?is there an over

How bad is the design job market now in India?is there an over  supply? What makes a deisgner standout giving him edge over layoffs. I hear people telling to upskill . But what exactly to upskils _ tools,stack,process?

I want to move out of architecture - the work is stressful, long hours, not enough pay and the only ways to earn more and get growth is to go into construction and real estate which I'm not fond of. Is moving into design field in other sectors good? in terms of work life, pay and job market?

is ux design or product design worth moving into?

I recently had the chance to interact with a couple of product designers from the Bangalore startup scenes. The huddle also included a few who are quite active on the LinkedIn community - where they constantly talkabout craft, user empathy, design principles and what not!

But when you really listen to what they are saying - they are just all fluff and no meat. They just want to beautify things for the sake of it. There’s no depth in understanding the users.

When asked “What measures do you take to empathise with the users?”, this senior and ‘awarded’ designer casually answered - “ We just go with the VIBE!”

I MEAN, REALLY? 

Looks like the marketing effort that goes into building their social profile is all these designers care about.

The future of UXD scares me.
Sorry for the betrayal, users. 💀

Alexa, cancel these pseudo Product Designers

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Corporate Rizz

I have felt that being a designer in India is super hard because of the lack of validation that we get from society and family.

Do you feel that Designers are not respected in India? 🇮🇳

Is it just me or design culture in India is just becoming worse?

Saw a lead designer come in for work. Sit down for 5 minutes and make crass jokes and then leave. What even man. I am super disappointed. All the best people I have worked with have either left or are about to leave. All the women in office become uncomfortable with these jokes and it is visible on their faces. 

They then take credit for our work and speak really well to the senior management about "HE" has done. 

I transitioned to design to learn and grow in my career but this is the least ambitious field I have seen in my career.

What do you think?

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