What's your side project(s) while job searching?
Given lots of talented designers are struggling to compete for their next role, curious how all of you are staying occupied in the meantime (for skill leveling or for $)? I've bounced around Coursera for AI classes, played around in XR design prototyping, Midjourney prompting, considered starting a dumb print-on-demand business (YouTube can convince you it's easy) and now tinkering with Godot to build a simple game to kill time while waiting for new roles to pop up in my feeds. Starting to think longer-haul waits and finding more meaningful challenges to work towards. TC (when employed) $250k, 15+ YOE #design #ui/ux #sidehustle #sideproject
Working on a physical information product, and possibly starting a niche recruiting company.
Contract freelancing with agencies. Making my own independent studio official. Applying to full time jobs which in this market can often feel like throwing random darts at the wall to see what happens.
Storm chasing and updating my portfolio