how to survive your boring day job by starting a personal design project - dec 2015 ui/ux shanghai
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How to survive your boring day job by starting a personal design project
Hi, I’m Nikolay
I have a diverse background in design: UI, UX, Product design…
executive search and management consulting
a bit of background…
Turbomilk
Turbomilk
Turbomilk
Design Group Italia
Design Group Italia
Design Group Italia
Reya Group
Reya Group
Reya Group
in 2014 Reya was acquired by SpenceStuart
… so I found myself here
designing this…
i tried looking at the bright side
..but no matter how hard I looked…
Boredom level New creative skills and knowledge obtained
LOW
BREAKS THE CEILING
2014 2015
*UCK ALL
A LOT
2014 2015
just to recap… I shifted
couldn’t live like that anymore…
and started building a parallel creative life
together with an old friend, we started a design “think tank”
to share and explore ideas
we develop our own projects
4515 - effortless time management
Good Networker: making sense of your individual professional network
Creating this parallel creative life helped me in 3 things:
Reconnect with old “professional” friends and find new ones
- 1 -
Learn new skills by taking on new challenges
- 2 -
Do things I care for and enjoy working on
- 3 -
WHY start a personal project
Like minded people
Constant learning
+
Love
+
How to get started:
Based on what I learnt this year you gonna need 4 things:
- 1 - Find your idea or subject
Read Build upon your work
Look around
- 2 - Assemble your team
Where to look Aligned motivation
3 better than 2
- 3 - Find the time
Assess your time, identify the waste
Make realistic schedule
Commit to your schedule
• Figure out your MVP, say “not yet” to anything that’s not essential to it
- 4 - Go agile and lean
• Make short term plans• Work in sprints• Have tangible results often
1. Find your idea 2. Assemble the team 3. Find the time 4. Go agile and lean
How to get started:
be patient and enjoy it
thanks
