How to Get into Design Engineering: Office Hours with Galo Naranjo

Galo is a US-based designer. His work so far has been focused on graphics, UX, and UI design. Now he’s looking into design engineering as his next step.

We discuss:

• What is design engineering?

• How to educate yourself as a design engineer

• How to pick technologies to learn and invest in

• Opportunities in freelance and employment as a new design engineer

• What companies are looking for when hiring design engineers

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Links:

• galos.work | LinkedIn | x.com/galonaranjo_

• CS50: Introduction to Computer Science by Harvard University

• designengineer.io job board

• Learning React by Alex Banks and Eve Porcello

• Lindy effect

• Stack Overflow Annual Developer Survey

• The Road to React by Robin Wieruch

• UI Engineering 101 for Designers on Maven

Supported by:

• Color AI: generate meaningful color palettes with cultural references

• Design Discipline Bookstore: hand-picked design books