In this episode of The Variable Design Podcast we dive in and discuss Sushant Vohra's LinkedIn post:

If you are a design student in 2023 don't fall for these 12 traps ↘

1) Being first in your class and thinking that design life is gonna be easy.

2) Copy pasting ChatGPT responses to comment on a post just for 'networking' sake.

3) Having those slider scales for each software in your CV (seriously drop it).

4) Writing a wall of text in a cold email to a potential employer.

5) Only having college/academic projects in your portfolio.

6) Having no internships because you want to work on your thesis, or because you didn't get your dream studio.

7) Not putting yourself out there for the fear of being judged.

8) Strong arming your peers who might eventually be in a far better place than you.

9) Only looking at design in your own country. (Yes, even if you are in a western country)

10) Not having a website or a landing page as a student.

11) Not having opinions or curiosity around things because you don't have domain authority.

12) Blaming your professors (feedback) for how a project turned out

Not only should we avoid these pitfalls, but we have to be able to be a good person and work well with team members... even if they give us feedback we don't really like.

How can you leverage interpersonal skills to come out on top? We discuss this and more with Andre Cotan.




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