Last week, I had a conversation with one of my designer friends.
We’ve been working together daily for about a year and a half now.
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He’s a young designer with just over four years of experience, and it’s been amazing to see his growth and evolution day by day.

I asked him, “After all this time working together, do you feel like you’ve grown as a designer?”​
And to my surprise, he didn’t say things like “Oh yeah, I’m much better at Figma now” or “I’ve mastered Framer.”

His answer was:
​“I think I’ve developed my soft skills more than my hard skills. I’m much better at explaining ideas, defending my designs, and asking the right questions in a project.”

And I think he’s right.

We’re often so focused on learning how to design things that we forget how valuable soft skills are.
They’re just as important, and sometimes even more. 😉

(Keep going Matheus!)

V.

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