The Product Design Podcast

Jake Taylor - How soft skills can help advance your product design career

September 21, 2021 Seth Coelen Season 1 Episode 10
The Product Design Podcast
Jake Taylor - How soft skills can help advance your product design career
Show Notes

In this episode of The Product Design Podcast, Seth Coelen interviews Jake Taylor, a Principal Product Designer who lives just outside of Denver, Colorado. Jake has had experience in pretty much every single role you can imagine in the UI, UX, product design space, so he has loads of advice to share!

During our interview with Jake, you will learn:

🎨 How Jake stumbled into product design 
πŸ‘‰ Comparing work environments from freelance to enterprise 
πŸ“’ Advice Jake would give to his younger self and aspiring designers 
🎯 Tips and tricks of giving, receiving, or facilitating feedback 
🎭 Removing the personal feelings from critical feedback 
πŸ’‘ How to approach the hard conversations 
πŸ”₯ How to help prevent burnout

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