We all know that being an ex-whoever definitely opens some doors more easily, but I’m curious about other benefits and learning from being in these companies. I’ve heard secondhand reports of lots of internal resources, groups, etc. for growing as a designer and would love to hear some actual experiences. Thanks! #design #career #ux #productdesign #apple #meta #google
I’m also curious of the workload at these places. I’ve always been 40-45 hours a week and that’s it, and it’s worked out fine for me. I’ve grown, delivered, and progressed in my career. But I don’t know if I’d be able to get away with that at a huge tech company.
Not sure about others but am very feasible at Google, esp if you push back with regards to estimating work load.
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Smart people. Like money. Commute horrible
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I’ve worked at large tech companies my entire career. Speaking about Meta specifically, the internal tooling and resources make it so that I can focus on things I enjoy doing. I don’t do spec-work, the component and template library is very robust, and we have monthly rolling research sessions to do usability testing with users. On top of that, the engineering talent is world class. At other companies, I might expect a small feature to be built in 2 months, but the engineers on my team are extremely fast and will finish within a week, so we’re constantly launching and testing new products, and we’re constantly iterating. As for career growth, it depends on your team and what type of work you excel at doing. In my org, there are plenty of meaty, challenging user problems to solve, so if you don’t mind putting in extra hours, I believe you can improve your craft and grow quickly.
All of that sounds great, until you get to extra hours - because I'd want to balance growth in my job with growth in personal areas, too.
I’ve always been willing and happy put in extra hours at work. Maybe it’s my personality type, or maybe I’ve gotten lucky with my teams, but feeling connected and passionate about the problem space makes work not feel like work to me.