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🤿 back to the beginning

🤿 back to the beginning

+ 25% off today's top design courses

Ridd
November 21, 2024

A little over a year ago, Joey Banks and I were DM’ing each other in Slack about leaving our W-2 jobs and going independent 🫣

So this week’s episode is a reflection on his journey working for himself and it’s as human and relatable as any conversation I’ve ever had on this show.

If you’re considering taking the leap or just want to hear what Joey has been up to then you’ll love this conversation. We go deep into:

Managing your pipeline of clients
Creating a personal knowledge system in Notion
Finding companionship as an independent designer
Structuring your schedule and maintaining momentum
Communicating your services and pricing yourself effectively
Dealing with uncertainty and all of the unknowns in your first year
a lot more

Listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts 👇

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I tell the AI what I’m hoping to learn and then it has a dynamic conversation with each person. Genway then automatically organizes all of the key insights for me.

I learned more in a 2 week study than I had in a year and half prior. Needless to say I am totally hooked 😆

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💸 FEATURED COURSES

Get 25% off the top design courses this week only

The design courses on Maven are ridiculously high quality right now…

So I pulled out a few of my favorites and you can get 25% off if you enroll before Sunday the 24th.

I just finished UI Engineering 101 for designers and it was A+ so you definitely don’t want to miss this opportunity 👇

Make sure you use the code DIVECLUB at checkout :)

In his course Level up with Figma, Joey teaches you all of the features to help you become an expert with the tool. Not only does he know his stuff (former design systems lead at Webflow and Twitter)… he’s also a fantastic teacher.

👉 Learn from Joey

Cat taps into her 14+ years of experience at Etsy/Asana to teach you how to build a robust toolkit of techniques to level up your influence, scale your impact, & show value as a design leader without direct authority.

Stop being a paintbrush, start being a visionary 💡

👉 Learn from Catt

Learn how to design AI-powered products and experiences to set yourself up for a career as an AI product designer. Maheen taps into her experience as a longtime design lead at Meta working on products like generative AI and VR.

Break into AI design with confidence 💪

👉 Learn from Maheen

Learn how to articulate & demonstrate the value of your design work in a way that stakeholders understand, appreciate, and reward. Ryan shares insights from his MBA as well as time leading design at Airbnb and DoorDash.

This course is perfect for designers who want to gain business expertise and drive impactful design work 🚀

👉 Learn from Ryan

Unlock the full potential of your UI design and engineering skillsets. I recently completed this course and it’s the perfect path to learn how to translate polished components into HTML and CSS.

This is the course for designers who want to ship 🛳️

👉 Learn from Mariana + Derek

Master web design principles and build a portfolio-ready landing page in Figma from start to finish. Benten has quickly become my go-to recommendation for web design so he’s the perfect person to learn from.

Time to level up your web design skills 🔥

👉 Learn from Benten

In this course, Dan teaches you how to become a strategic partner by connecting design with business, driving discovery, and crafting compelling narratives that build alignment. This knowledge is a big reason why he just became the Director of Product Design at Kit.

Go from pixel pusher to design leader 😎

👉 Learn from Dan