Any senior designer can probably tell you exactly what design school failed to teach them. This missing item? It's that a fairly decent part of your work will be about selling. (Maybe they've updated their curriculum since I was there, who knows!) Often you'll be selling and justifying your design internally and then need to switch gears and do the same thing for clients and their various stakeholders. If you're like most designers who already struggle with a bit of imposter syndrome, this added selling component just ups the stress level!
Design Systems 101
Design Systems 101
Design Systems 101
Any senior designer can probably tell you exactly what design school failed to teach them. This missing item? It's that a fairly decent part of your work will be about selling. (Maybe they've updated their curriculum since I was there, who knows!) Often you'll be selling and justifying your design internally and then need to switch gears and do the same thing for clients and their various stakeholders. If you're like most designers who already struggle with a bit of imposter syndrome, this added selling component just ups the stress level!