Ten tips for a young designer

Seize the opportunity to change to technology management or market sales! If you want to have a future can not always engage in development, the appropriate time to change to management or sales, the future will be even greater, the previous technology has not been white, and later also need ...

[1] Make a good plan of your own way, don't follow the feeling. According to the individual's ideal decision-making arrangement, most people do not expect to become a fellow or a professor, but hope to live a little more moist, better. Then, you need to carefully arrange your own trajectory. from which industry to start, and gradually in-depth understanding of the industry, do not frequent job-hopping, especially for a little wages and transfer positions, in the long run, this money is nothing, when you have a few years of experience in an industry, the money is not a problem. Frequent turbulence is not the best policy, finally you have no understanding of which industry, is always a novice!

[2] can do design creativity and technology, must not indulge in design creativity and technology. Do not obsessed delve into design ideas and technology! Give yourself a lot of pressure, if your mind all put on the above, then doomed you will become a class of people! That's enough, because it's just one of the pillars of your future, and it's not the biggest pillar, unless you want to be an old designer!

[3] Do not do Design Master, only to do comprehensive quality master! In the enterprise mix, we often despise someone, said he "what do not understand, why take so much money, why promotion!" "This is a commonplace of the typical engineer's pedantic words. He must have the skill to go up there, and you have no skill. You think, the boss for so many years of operation, do not see the new recruit? Others may be good at management, good at understanding the boss intention, good at departmental coordination and so on. Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate their various abilities, including management, affinity, reading ability, tackling ability, etc., to become a master of comprehensive quality, it is promising, otherwise can only hide in the corner to see the Monitor! Skills other than technology are the more important skill!! From ancient to ancient, American Japan, all the same!

[4] More friends who make social people! Do not only associate with the designer, think that there is a common language, but more importantly, with other types of people, if you want to one day as a boss or senior management, then you are facing these people all day. Understand their experience, thinking habits, hobbies, learning their mode of dealing with problems, understanding the phenomenon of various corners of society and problems, this is the development of a huge cost, without these will be clumsy, stumbling, encounter difficulties, pay a lot of tuition, the probability of success is greatly reduced!

[5] knowledge is not necessarily professional, but must be broad! Look at other aspects of the book, Finance, accounting, import and export, tax, law and so on, for later to do some accumulation, future use will be even greater! Will pay a lot less tuition!!

[6] Seize the opportunity to change the technology management or market sales! If you want to have a future can not always engage in development, the appropriate time to change to management or sales, the future will be even greater, the previous technology has not been white, and later need. Management can cultivate their own leadership, sales can cultivate their own market concepts and thinking, at the same time for their future development and accumulation of huge contacts! It should be said that this is the real pillar of the future!

[7] Gradually overcome their own heart weaknesses and personality defects! Paranoid, sensitive, naïve (derogatory, not cute), hesitant, timid, worry, the skin is too thin, the heart is not black, dogmatic thinking ... The common character weaknesses of these designers must change! Is it hard? Only in bed to think of course impossible, to help friends keep one months stall, package will have effect, to practice, not just want! It's impossible not to overcome these flaws, even the project manager is bad-although you may be a good technique!

[8] work at the same time to prepare for the future! Build your own working environment! Early to configure a working environment for themselves, amateur can contact live, on the one hand contact the market, cultivate the feeling of the market, but also accumulate funds, more important is to prepare their own products, I do not have the money design and technology, only design and technology, design and the representative is not a diploma and certificate, but the product, come up with a decent product, On the transfer of technology or cooperation with people to engage in enterprise! First get things ready, wait for the opportunity, otherwise, have a chance also can't catch!

[9] Learn to be good at selling yourself! Not only to be able, but also to be able to say, can write, good use of every opportunity to sell themselves, establish their own brand image, it is necessary! To create conditions for others to understand themselves, or how the boss know you can do? How do the investors outside believe you? Sell yourself early and the opportunity will come for you! A personal homepage is a good note!! In particular, to cultivate their reputation in the industry, with fame, high salary opportunities, but more importantly, there is the opportunity to cooperate ...

[10] When the shot was shot! There can never be 100% certainty!!! Conditions are almost bold to do, to break out of their own business, do not hesitate, do not wander, do not necessarily succeed, but at least for the next impact accumulated experience, not dry forever, but also to do the inevitable to experience failure. Do not experience the wind and rain, how to see the Rainbow, no one can casually success!