Don't be an NPC - The TRUE REALITY of the Product Design Industry!

[@amankashyap-p8r]

Man this video is really an eye opener...I have close to 6 years of experience back when I started we did not have any of those bootcamps we figured things on our own...and now when I go around hiring for junior folks they have a mentality of spoon feeding and most of these bootcamps who promises to make you a industry standard designer within 3 months...they all have a template cookie clutter case study... Designers need to understand bootcamps are there to make money it's a business if they have to sell you lie they will... because of these bootcamps people have started to think the entry barrier to start in design is almost negligence...And believe me on this after hiring designers from these bootcamps our company has blacklisted some of the bootcamps

[@ikennagibson3933]

I am yet to see a KZbinr in the design space that is honest with his or her teachings like Chethan, a great teacher and mentor…Well-done Chethan, this content is fire🔥

[@DesignPilot]

In my honest opinion Femke is the only other designer worth following on KZbin. She is the only other product designer with hard core practical industry experience who has worked at great companies. Her content is very actionable and I myself have learnt a lot from her content. The rest are freelancers or web designers who just talk about UI and pixels and nothing deeper or anything about the industry. Most of them are just repurposing content that’s already there and talking about it. They aren’t creating anything original using their own skills.

[@ikennagibson3933]

@@DesignPilot You are right, I also follow Femke’s contents, she’s good too🙂

[@rishabhsharma9960]

From the day I attended this live... I was keep checking your channel for this recording. Every topic has been roaming around & keep pushing my work since then. Can't thank you enough for your teachings :)

[@aditya.design17]

I wish i discovered you before joing the BootCamp. This 1.30 hr is an eye opener. Thanks Chethan

[@karansri283]

Which bootcamp did you join? 10K designers were a scam

[@DesignPilot]

@karansri283 I don’t think it matters 😂

[@karansri283]

@@aditya.design17 actually i was part of a very "renowned design twitter community" aims at creating 10,000 designers (chethan knows abt it) and post completion i realised it was a big mistake. It was focussed majorly on networking 🥴 and eventually i had to go back to KZbin to learn design. Back then there were not much quality content available for exact ux roadmap. And thought bootcamp would help me getting upskilled rather than just creating unnecessary Vibe by taking $999🤡

[@jerryjacob47]

Hey Chethan, You put out these hard truths about designs that no one in the industry going to tell. Really Insightful video. Thanks for sharing.

[@jerryjacob47]

P.S The screeching sound in between your speeches is bit annoying 😅

[@DesignPilot]

Sorry about that. I tried to remove them as much as possible. Technical issues 😅

[@mydesignerlife]

Thank you for being candid about this. There is so much noise on social media these days. It's tough to cut through the bull$h&t if you are an aspiring product designer. Regret wasting almost a year at a bootcamp & it's community; trusting what the "mentor" kept saying, blindly. Restarting now. 💪

[@jasminet21]

I spent more than a year completing the boot camp and am restarting again. 😂

[@mydesignerlife]

@@jasminet21 me too!! One year wasted

[@ren.8137]

What do you suggest instead of a bootcamp? Because im interested in getting into this field and dont know where exactly to start

[@deeproduza]

This is a very deep and insightful talk Chethan. I love how truthful and honest your content are. I learnt so much and I can't wait to see the results in a few years

[@Divyansh_07_09]

I was waiting to see the recordings of your talk for more than a month. And I can say that it was worth waiting. You're a role model Chethan, keep doing what you do. Thank you.

[@saquibshaikh1832]

So true Divyansh.

[@sahordebbarma9059]

Your videos helped me get a job and crack design assignments. You are putting out the best content for the industry, and I believe you are one of the few people who's moving the industry forward.

[@RinkeshBist]

Ngl this video is kind off a reality check for me. Tbh I'm not satisfied with my progress and also I didn't thought about what am I optimising for. Need to up my game, especially Mindset* Thanks for sharing this Chethan, means a lot!!

[@adrianmoreno2354]

Man Chethan is such a brilliant guy, he deserves to have his own design school or something

[@IbukunoluwaKumapayi-ic5mk]

Hi Chethan, thank you so much for this video. It came in at the right time in my design career. It been 1 year 7 month since I started learning design and to be honest ,I feel stuck right now. Even though I am taking an internship currently, I still feel I don't have the needed skills yet and I want to move forward in my career. I am currently learning UI design, I watched some tutorials and even practiced with them but I still feel stuckand need guidance on what I really need to do. I will really be grateful if I get a response to this.

[@DesignPilot]

You can watch my 2024 Product design video

[@IbukunoluwaKumapayi-ic5mk]

@@DesignPilot thank you so much for your response. I will

[@ugtrembles]

We invited Daniel Burka for our Experience Matters event when I was at Fractal Analytics. :) Was quite an insightful talk.

[@DesignPilot]

Nicee

[@anantsharma5330]

Hey Pilot ! Nice to listen you here. Hadn't you told the camera person to keep stable with screen and you.

[@pratibhaverma9946]

Hi Chethan, I wanted to express my appreciation for your insightful talk. It addressed my concerns perfectly and provided the clarity I was seeking. I am genuinely grateful and I want to thank you sincerely.

[@DesignPilot]

🙏

[@hrishabhyadav8335]

You've been an inspiration for many new designers. Thanks for existing, chethan!🙏

[@belabako8045]

Very fun to watch, thank you🙂You are very smart young man doing education, you will always earn more money with your education business than with working for a company. I'm still in the freelancing stage, been doing UX UI for 2 years,(I'm in Central Europe) and here is my problem: companies are only looking to hire specialists: only UX designer, only UI, only Product Strategy... When I get into a project, I only get to do 1 slice of that work, even if it's UI design, I only get to do a part of it. So how can I write a case study if I didn't do research, didn't do testing, or UX work?

[@DesignPilot]

The companies you’re taking about seem to be the minority. The industry wants generalists. The best thing is to not work for companies which ask for a single skill. You can work on a personal project to showcase all your skills.

[@GaneshKumatole7]

47:38 😎 By the way, Chetan Sir/Anna/Bhaiya, You filled a lot of clarity in me. It was literally a thousand dollars worth of consultant which you gave for FREE. Gold. Thanks a lot.

[@sharpmw]

1:06:34 Chethan: I don't know what the answer is 'cause I'm not a pilot. Also Chethan: runs a channel named Design Pilot

[@newyonface3700]

Thanks alot chetan, It was not only insightfull but also an roller coster of reality check, Now i can ask my self a very valuble questions before taking decision related product design career, I have also learned some good values from this from this video so just lots of thanks to you!

[@santhosh_J]

Thanks Chethan, it was an wonderful session, this session help to understand how the design industry works now and how i want improve my self as designer.

[@harshvaja8877]

Thank you man This speech really helped me a lot. It helped me change my perspective about design and growth in general. Thank you so much. Pls waiting for more content from you. 🎉

[@avinashekka512]

Thankyou Chethan for this, it was a very helpful session, being a design student myself it gave a me good insight of how design industry works, what to do and what not to. Appreciate the effort :)

[@pawanbisht8154]

This was one of the eye opening session..I wish I could have had the chance to attend 2 years back, when I started the career. The world needs these mentors..not those tom, dick, Harry, who just shows a glittery world of design and calls themselves design influencers and mentors.

[@pradyumnaux]

This is huge knowledge and facts I have been searching for this for a long time.

[@aniketpisal5772]

Thank you Chethan! best ever video I have seen in my life, you are really great man.

[@sagarpandita371]

Although this talk was mostly around Ui/ux design the points apply to INDUSTRIAL Product Design as well and design in general , I think designers should stand up to the organisations so that the organisations start taking designers seriously, overall good talk ,keep doing this 👍

[@xdeadly6057]

No just Product Design but I think everything you have talked about is valid for any industry.

[@indiabulls1986]

I am in testing, and what you saying is true to all the skill based industry. At least applies to my industry.

[@anukritirathore6403]

Such a insightful video This video literally showed me what I'm lacking The process of figuring thing out and actually enjoying the journey. I started desiging 3 month ago, yes you mentioned it right, i did waste time on learning wrong, getting influence by social media. Those dribble site looks so good. But after 2 month or so, i was lost, as i came to this conclusion if making those button and color is all designer do whats the difference betweeen a senior and junior aren't they just making doing same stuff? Everyone out thier says design is beyond those rectangle, but nome of them mentioned what? Also this design subject is diffetemt than tool, i have heard this 1000time but when i ask them okay can you explain? They just didnt reply, i thought its because maybe they dont like to talk to beginner or something. I used to get a lot of crirticsm whenever i put my work on reddit or any social media for feedback, is it a design? I was discouraged for sure, as i thought hey it looks pretty according to me so why im getting hate? Dont designer just have to make a good looking site Then there was another stage when i was overwhelmed tons of resources and eveyone is tellinh the same things, do i figure out what exactly I'm lacking for? Now this time it seems a whole river, where im afraid to even jump to swim. I have got a lot to say, and do have so many question to ask. But it will take be so long, i dont know if you ever will read all my comments or not. But i will put here And will text you social media too if you use them

[@jasminet21]

I wish I had seen this video before I completed boot camp! This is eye-opening for me, and thank you for sharing insightful information! For me to fill the gaps to improve my skill sets, what would you recommend to enhance the skills? Before this video, I considered taking designer masterclasses or short online courses.

[@jasminet21]

I just discovered that there are many helpful tutorials available on your channels. 😅 Thank you so much

[@TechMantra2]

That's so much of truth to digest. I'm happy that I decided to click on the video...

[@juxx555]

so true, product designers were true designers once, now there are a buch of people who are entitled who have no idea about design. and they do some ux course and claim they know better.

[@a1x45h]

you can't survive without good design skills you can't survive without proper product knowledge & product solving skills one without the other is nothing irl

[@maxxtime1720]

Super excited for this Chethan ✨🥳

[@prashantk3287]

This is it..! I always had these doubts from past 1 year,and that fear didn't allow me to switch the job...My doubts/fear was.. 1. What actually designers do..? It's very abstract expect UI stuffs, like colour, typography etc..etc.. Then allmost all designers do the same UI, they all know colour, typography and other stuffs and how they differ..? How to spot a talent then if all are same..? 2. As I see LinkedIn,all designers change jobs after jobs with same designation, and with little bit better pay. This was alramaing issue for me. 3. Instagram, KZbin all are filled with design the same stuffs, buttons,screens and other stuffs. If desig was so easy then why they are paid so much. 4. If learning figma is more than sufficient to get a 10LPA job, people from all backgrounds irrespective of education,age , profession could bece a designer. In this video, I got full clarity on design industry. Thanks Chetan. Huge respect for you.

[@prashantk3287]

Hello Chetan, I wanted to buy your design course. Can you give me the link for your course.

[@DesignPilot]

@prashantk3287 learnproduct.design

[@prashantk3287]

@@DesignPilot thank you. I am consuming your free stuffs in KZbin, they are better than most of paid boot camp. Once I got good understanding of your free stuffs, I want to join your paid course too. Thank you.

[@archrao2103]

Could you please list a few design forward (companies that care about design) design first companies?

[@DesignPilot]

If you google the top 20 startups in India, you should be able to identify which of them have an app and value design.

[@gauravverma2943]

Hi, Chetan Sir big thanks to you for this wonderful session and i like most your helping to junior designer talk ..❤

[@gauravverma2943]

As a solo junior designer your session help me a lot because i am facing the same problem you talked about.

[@adilbek.ermekov]

All of the designers who are new to this industry should see this

[@yashasvirathore8205]

55:24 you said of all the things you can learn on your own, how much did you learn on your own.. focusing on the fact that industry knows that for example - we can't learn how to solve complex business problems to what you said *how much can we learn by ourselves*.. im in a conundrum . how do i do that when im just starting out .. how do i show my potential that yes i can solve complex problems and i am worthy

[@DesignPilot]

When you work on a problem statement for your project which you will add to your portfolio. How well you solve the problem, what are the types of problems do you want, do you just do UI and UX fixes which is very easy or do you solve problems in a way that have a big impact. If you’re just starting our focus on UI design skills. Even knowing auto layout very well is what the industry expects from you.

[@yashasvirathore8205]

@@DesignPilot im focusing on doing better research and diving into the root problem by asking all sorts of questions about products that im surrounded with first and improving my ui skills daily ( learning design systems through your course) I hope that works out for me thank you for giving me clarity chetan !! very grateful. 😇

[@anirudhux]

Simply amazing buddy ✨✨

[@a1x45h]

now juniors will start making case studies, even though they suck with even login screens

[@vishwajitsinghguleria8956]

Design pilot is a real gem for student like me who just have started learning product design . I really wish this channel get some more recognition.

[@Himanshubishnoi-qg6yg]

Though I like painting, but I want to be a PD who only deals with the functionality side but not aesthetics at all, where can I find such a opportunity please??

[@DesignPilot]

A role like that doesn’t really exist and isn’t in demand either

[@Himanshubishnoi-qg6yg]

@@DesignPilot but then who creates new kind of products and innovates, I feel I can really optimise many products(digital/industrial) currently in market, what job should I search for

[@DesignPilot]

@Himanshubishnoi-qg6yg You could be a UX Researcher or a core UX designer. There aren’t a lot of jobs for this, but companies are ideally not looking for specialists. They are looking for generalists.

[@Himanshubishnoi-qg6yg]

@@DesignPilot I tried searching for ux internships, for companies don't differentiate between ui ux it seems

[@theafrotainer]

Hey Chetan, just curious - did you have to be fluent in German before you started applying for German companies

[@DesignPilot]

Not at all. It’s usually not required in Tech

[@adilbek.ermekov]

The content is truly remarkable, yet it lacks the recognition it deserves.

[@Itachis_bro]

Have huge respect for him🎉

[@AchyuthKalva]

It lacks recognition because there is really a very few people who understand this. Rest of them are happy with their immediate mediocre success the bootcamps have promised. It takes guts to accept the reality of industry and be ready.

[@muskanjain7257]

Thank you so much for this video. It was much needed

[@nishant7083]

Hey chethan , reallly a good talk Can you please make a figma or adobe xd course on skill share.

[@adityasinghthakur1466]

I have a behance portfolio and hearing that they are looked down upon i realised how waste it is to get it in a bootcamp where they dont even teach you autolayout. So where should we actually display our work ?

[@DesignPilot]

Write articles either on medium/notion or your website.

[@adityasinghthakur1466]

@@DesignPilot Noted. Thanks Chethan. Enoying your Module 3 Chapter 1 right now.

[@sachinnegi2924]

Lmao i was thinking entering into into design industry is so easy. Just learn figma and some basic UI/UX principles. This videos just opened my eyes. Thank you so much ❤️. Can u suggest some good creators in space like you for a good start in the beginning?

[@DesignPilot]

There are many creators. Depends on what you want to learn.

[@sachinnegi2924]

@@DesignPilot for figma i am watching the figma yt channel but i couldn't find the creators who teach design thinking any suggestions??

[@DesignPilot]

Femke

[@sachinnegi2924]

@@DesignPilot thanks 🙌

[@MohitRawat.Design]

hello sir what's your thought on cohorts like 10k designer, is it right to take that or we should go for self taught@@DesignPilot

[@sudhanvaacharya5517]

Waiting for this 🚀

[@ibraheemolasupo7881]

Thanks for this educative and awesome content 🙏🏾

[@mariumbegum7325]

Insightful topic! Great video

[@AneeshAshn]

Thank you for this!

[@smrutipingle9603]

Best video🎉 I’m curious to know the prompt for animated boy with blue sky image.😅

[@DesignPilot]

I think it something along the lines of ‘Dark Skinned Indian Boy wearing glass, looking into the sky, hands on chin’

[@smrutipingle9603]

Okay thank you !

[@praveenpsg77]

No one going to say this Saptarshi Prakash wants to make money out of future designers. Chetan wants to make a good designer for the industry and humanity even his paid course cheapest out there. This man roots out for your success than you. So, take life seriously unlearn and learn using this guy content make your life something worth look at and live too. Why he is real deal look over the internet everywhere no one upload 1 hour video for components & auto layout in Figma. Most will do 10 min video they would want you to buy their course almost 99% influencer where Chetan KZbin channel worth than $5000 even worth than that. This video can be a horror movie for some senior designers though 😅😅

[@anirudhgoyal2103]

Waiting for this, looks something appealing 🤨

[@namanmontu4188]

Mind-blowing facts 🔥🔥🔥

[@adilbek.ermekov]

So, is it still worth it?

[@DesignPilot]

Is what still worth it?

[@adilbek.ermekov]

​​​@@DesignPilot The career in the Graphic design industry overall. I'm intending to get a degree in Graphic Design and become a UX Designer later down the road, but not sure about the future outlook of this career path

[@DesignPilot]

@ermekov_adilbek You can become successful in any progression. Upto you if want a degree or a certification. The bottom line is that your skills need to be really good.

[@piycreates]

Off all the things you can learn on your own, how much did you learn on your own? 54:21

[@pabitrashow9748]

Oh man... you remembered us. I thought you forgot us and forgot to upload knowledgeable videos on your channel.

[@kriswayne7938]

Views on self-taught designers? Especially the starters/juniors?

[@DesignPilot]

As I mentioned in the video. 1. Speed of learning is absolutely slow. 2. Too much unnecessary pressure from peers and social media. 3. Potential of freshers entering the industry is dropping year on year. 4. They are always looking for courses or mentorship or some shortcut because they want to get things done really faster. 5. Barely a handful of people entering the industry know how it feels to work hard and figure things out all on their own. 6. They go behind getting the tag of a community or design university rather than focusing on learning the craft.

[@kriswayne7938]

@@DesignPilot what would you advice that kinda guy/girl if he/she is not getting the job? Polishing the skills is given. But would you suggest them to take up boot camps?

[@DesignPilot]

Well it doesn’t matter what the person does. The person can join a bootcamp, do plenty of certification courses or something else. But none of these are substitutes for becoming really good at your craft. This is the biggest problem. They doing these additional things is not a substitute for figuring things out in your own, trying and failing a 1000 times. The goal needs to make sure your work is ‘FEEDBACK WORTHY’. Any senior designer looking at your work should enjoy giving feedback for free. Even if it’s for 15-20 mins. That’s what you need to aim for. Getting feedback by paying money is easy and doesn’t solve the purpose as it becomes a transaction rather than a favour. Favours are more valuable as they don’t feel it to be an obligation.

[@kriswayne7938]

@@DesignPilot 'Feedback Worthy' 🤌 Thanks for replying. 1 more thing, Remote work or On-site? Times keep changing along with advanced technologies. I believe that this industry is made for remote work with a limited hybridization as the individual gets to think a lot better alone. How wrong am i on this? Feels like i am completely wrong 😅

[@DesignPilot]

I feel in the early stages of your career, it’s very important to work with people in person. It makes a big fat deal. You learn 100x more than doing meetings remotely. Could be getting feedback or presenting your work. It’s just much better. Senior designers who are good at their craft can chill a bit at home cause they know how to do things and get things done 😅

[@sunitaupadhyay1554]

01:42:22 Is that mentor ABNUX (Abhinav Chikara)..? Who trained u ?

[@DesignPilot]

I had many mentors at Unacademy. Everyone taught me different things.

[@tochidioka6019]

Question: How do you define the success of a chef - the more arrogant, the better😂😂😂

[@medipakpagare]

I found approx 10-20% of this video helpful.

[@DesignPilot]

What did you find helpful?

[@aryanagrawal1011]

WAITING SIR

[@kris9975]

Gem content 💎

[@umerzafar]

Chris Rock is a product designer now?

[@Himanshubishnoi-qg6yg]

This video is a gem 💎

[@indiabulls1986]

Movie is free guy, not fall guy

[@DesignPilot]

Right. I must have misspoken 😂

[@aryanagrawal1011]

legend

[@ahmedrabiul8529]

NPC means ?

[@DesignPilot]

Watch the video buddy 😅

[@nishant7083]

Non programmable character

[@azamraza7860]

27:15

[@brahim2462]

👏 👏 👏

[@madarauchiha5433]

fix the damn sound mate

[@dipnarajesh9520]

This video is such an eyeopener for me. Thanks to Chaitanya (Lucy) from Linkendin who suggested me to start following your tutorials, follow u on insta, linkendin for more genuine insights at start of this week. And this is the very first video today I watched before starting off with your tutorials.. I am a total beginner with few months into this field. And I can so much relate to the example you told about a mom who switched a career. Thanks for this video once again, I wil surely take all these valuable points into consideration and be successful !

[@abhinavkesarwani5750]

"Successful people have access to the opportunities they want" ..... Man this line is a gem💫🤌 Enjoyed every bit of this session! It was very insightful.

[@NaserSd19]

This is a rear talk 💥 I believe & a lot of time on Instagram, 95% of the people talk about the pixels or they constantly talk about their courses. Jesus, I'm tired of saving their posts🧓.

[@nandu1770]

When you say product design, are you only referring to only digital products?

[@DesignPilot]

Yes

[@nandu1770]

@@DesignPilot Are the same things happening in the industrial design field also? Any idea

[@DesignPilot]

No idea