The article discusses the often-unspoken challenges faced by product designers in their careers. While creative aspects like designing interfaces and tackling user issues are emphasized in job postings, essential skills such as explaining designs, managing stakeholder expectations, and navigating complex team dynamics are frequently overlooked. The author shares ten hard realities learned through experience, highlighting that effective design requires adaptation, communication, and resilience. By acknowledging these truths, the aim is to prepare new designers for the complexities of the role, fostering solidarity and understanding in a demanding environment.
In real life, it's: create, explain, clarify, revise, re-explain, align, re-align, then maybe ship. That's not a gripe - it's a reminder.
Great Design Can Die in a Bad Meeting. You can have the best thought-out design in the universe - but if the meeting lacks direction, poof, it's gone.
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