You Need a Design Career Growth Plan | Catt Small, Asana

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Episode 41 Show Notes:

It's essential to be intentional about your career growth. I know that we are looking for a job to get by a lot of the time, but I think we can use every job experience to our advantage. In this episode, Catt and I discuss creating a design growth plan and the benefits of having one. Knowing how you want to use each job opportunity towards your life goals is crucial to your mental health.

Mentions:

Designer Levels, Marissa Louie

https://malouie.com/individual-contributor-ic-designer-and-design-management-tracks-levels-framework

Design Team Levels, Peter Merholz

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m-Cso3848CgEz0eng5spL0lDppnwOgt726jJ01pVwO8/edit#gid=288553197

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Game Design

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Games Devs of Color Expo

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Phaser

http://phaser.io

Construct 3

https://www.construct.net/en

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Asana's Hiring!

https://asana.design

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