Design doesn't have to be beautiful it has to be personal.

Good design is seamless and intuitive, making tasks feel effortless. Poor design, however, stands out because it disrupts the user experience, causing frustration and drawing attention to its flaws. In my first job, I spent weeks perfecting a report template, streamlining data presentation and enhancing readability. It was used without comment. Later, I hurriedly created a less refined version for a different project. My manager berated me for the confusing layout, yet never acknowledged the efficiency of the initial template.

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Sometime i jump directly into visuals. I have strong visual craft skills and can do motion design as well. I do not overthink while designing small popups or bottomsheets. I admire Cred’s design a lot.

Trying to see companies that people here have had the dream to join, but didn’t ultimately work out. Have you now grown over it?

I started designing around 2019, self start though i never thought this is going to be a real field designing screens but i landed here and eventually liked it. I started as UI/UX designer in a service based company with a mere package of 2lakh. And then after I left that company had a package of 3.5lakh. I joined a new company 2.5 years back in a product based company 5lakh and after i got appraisal salary hit 9lakh a year. Even though i have this much experience i am still struggling in designing a good screen as compared to Software development where you can join a good company and you can get a salary above 15 lakh for sure. Product design is hard and to be in the industry you really have to wake up and start learning whatever you have to come up with whether learning Android, web, ios , design patterns, design system or so. If your company does it or not . After applying and rejected to different companies i am now concluding that your experience doesn't matter in this field ofcourse experience in domains works. Trust me if you get less money, your opportunities are less. It's you who will have a good opportunity if you have good knowledge and skills. On the personal side, i am rejected by girls who don't even do jobs , earning less salary, and don't even think about high salary girls. I just wanted to flush out and want to start with a fresh mind, sorry for bringing this up. I will start again. I do again

Cred is overly done and confusing now. It is like a nightmare for designers. What has been done on the app bro. Ek cheeze dhundhne me itna time lag raha

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.

Field is saturated and you will seriously struggle to find work. Not gate keeping, just laying out the reality. If you're up for the challenge then good, if not then you should look at some other fields. Product design is kind of weird now and is tougher than you think. It is no more a creative field where you can come up with unique ideas or have fun creating stuff. It is intoxicating, tedious and requires constant fighting with the stakeholders, listening to your micro managers and implementing stuff they "ordered" you to do disguised as feedback. Did I say, it is mostly copy work nowadays and portraying it as a whole new feature/design that is unique to your org/team? It’s 1% creativity, 99% stroking the ego of your managers and bosses just so you don't get laid off. (Not at capgemini, burner account)