What should junior designers look for in a company?
People

As you begin your career, the way your first few organizations will condition you is going to stay for the remaining years. Make sure that you set the bar really really high.

A team that won’t settle for less

Excitement is contagious, but so is mediocrity. Look for teams that are excited about the problems they are working on and wouldn’t settle for anything less than the best possible. Working with people who will settle with less will set the bar too low for the rest of your career.

A team with experience standing up for good design

When you design, there will be constraints —the time that’s available for a developer to code, a date your product manager has already promised for this feature, a customer who wants it sooner, and many others. While design happens in constraints, you’ll have to convince, negotiate, and even fight for the best possible experience. And these fights will not be easy. Saying “don’t you trust me” won’t work.

So you want to be around people who know how to do this so that you can watch and learn.

A team that’s diverse in opinions and willing to challenge yours

You don’t want to be in an echo chamber of your beliefs. If your opinions don’t get challenged enough, you’ll not stop to consider if they are right or wrong.
['Varun Dhawan']
['Startup', 'Deisgn', 'Self Improvement', 'Career Advice', 'UX']