To be a specialist or a generalist?

As diverse product designers, we’re always asking ourselves “should I learn one more new skill, or go deeper into perfecting the repertoire I already have?” In todays episode, we speak with Francesco Cutolo (design systems designer) , Dilara Neutze (design lead and generalist), and Haerin Song (an expert motion and prototyper designer) about how they’ve navigated the question of whether to be broad design generalists, or super skilled design specialists. They’ll talk about how their designs careers have evolved naturally and consciously over time, how they communicate their place on the design spectrum to designers, non-designers and in interviews, and what their chosen path means for their career growth and opportunities going forward.

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To be a specialist or a generalist? is an episode from Descender by Klarna.

This episode is 00:41:31 long.

This episode was published on Sep 15, 2021.

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