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2020 — Year in Review
A year of COVID, growth, inspiration, and hard work
2020 was a year to remember, but also one to forget. From COVID disrupting all kinds of plans, forcing many of us to reinvent our daily lives at home, 2020 was a year of transformation.
Going into 2020, I had never heard of “product design”. Never heard of Sketch, Figma, XD or anything similar and only vaguely understood what UX was. It’s crazy to think that within a year I’ve accepted a dream role as a product designer at CBS, specifically CBS Sports.
For the scope of this review, I’m breaking it into themes that categorized my year in 2020, and the themes that I hope to guide my 2021. It’ll cover the good, the bad, the journey, and the foundation I’m trying to build to start my design career. I’m writing this for myself to be able to look back and reflect on this insane year and the good and bad things that came with it — let’s dive in.
Growth
As I started with, I knew nothing about design before this year and now somehow have a dream first role. While I’ll save the details for a later post, the result stems from growth. I grew primarily as a designer, leveling up from a technical standpoint, learning new skills like After Effects, Prototyping, Visual Design, and more. I knew that strong visuals should be at the…
