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I am a product designer from a while now mostly designed Apps in my career worked with 3 YC companies and Multiple Million and Billion dollar companies

Now A few days ago I got a new job but just after joining the job and relocating cities I got a offer from app studio. They were doing $40 Million ARR from 1 app and they had 10 apps like these and they were profitable from Day 1

I really wanted to join them but I couldn't as I just joined a new company and even relocate.

As the app studio was a onsite offer in the city I relocated from. (Yeah timing sucks)

But I got so inspired that in this market of lurking VCs someone can build profitable business from scratch just amazed me.

Also I tried multiple times to do services and even worked in a few design studios.

But After analysing the markets I got know that product have much more leverage than any services.

And I really want to do this

I want start with client projects for the headstart and then eventually shift to my own apps.

I have job in a startup right now - want to start this as a side hustle

I also want to start it as a service + building apps until one of them succeed.

I am in this game from a while I know you have to make like 10 apps to get one successful

The day I get $5k/PM in my pockets will leave my job (maybe even before that) and start this full time.

I can market it as well.

I am open to talk with good IOS devs or devs who share the same vision and situation.

Any advice, thoughts, clients all are welcome.

I am a product designer from a while now mostly designed Apps in my career worked with 3 YC companies and Multiple Million and Billion dollar companies

Now A few days ago I got a new job but just after joining the job and relocating cities I got a offer from app studio. They were doing $40 Million ARR from 1 app and they had 10 apps like these and they were profitable from Day 1

I really wanted to join them but I couldn't as I just joined a new company and even relocate.

As the app studio was a onsite offer in the city I relocated from. (Yeah timing sucks)

But I got so inspired that in this market of lurking VCs someone can build profitable business from scratch just amazed me.

Also I tried multiple times to do services and even worked in a few design studios.

But After analysing the markets I got know that product have much more leverage than any services.

And I really want to do this

I want start with client projects for the headstart and then evenually shift to my own apps.

I have job in a startup right now - want to start this as a side hustle

I also want to start it as a service + building apps until one of them succeed.

I am in this game from a while I know you have to make like 10 apps to get one successful

The day I get $5k/PM in my pockets will leave my job (maybe even before that) and start this full time.

I can market it as well.

I am open to talk with good IOS devs or devs who share the same vision and situation.

Any advice, thoughts, clients all are welcome.

Hiring: Video Editor + Motion Designer Intern at a YC backed Company - (Finance + Stock market space)

Looking for someone who can create sharp, premium, internet-first content across brand, social media, and product storytelling.

Skills:

* Editing + motion design

* Good taste & storytelling

* After Effects / Premiere

* Strong visual sense

Paid internship - Stipend range - 25k to 30k, opportunity to turn full time.

Duration - 6 months.

Onsite - Gurgaon

Send your portfolio/showreel in the comments. I get a lot of DMs so I might miss yours.

One of my friend was hiring a product designer for his design studio - He asked for my help to find some talent [I AM NOT HIRING ANYMORE]

Requirement was simple - Degrees does not matter, Only skill and product thinking. We didn't even care about YOE.

Salary was 60k - 80k, remote.

This is what happened

1. We clearly mentioned - 'Behance portfolios will get auto rejected', WHY, as a product designer you are expected to design SAAS/ Web apps - and you don't even have a website. Got more than 100 Behance portfolio even after writing it in the post - Shows attention to detail

Yes behance have great design talent but do make a website portfolio too - It is very important if you are going to design for the web products.

2. Degrees don't matter - we told them this also still every message I got in my DM was like I am from NIFT - NIT - MIT

Please focus on your portfolios and projects rather your educational background - It helps but the portfolio should be at the level - M Des from NIFT can't help when your portfolio have worst design that AI outputs

Degrees are a multiplier to your portfolio and work not the base.

3. Stop writing big case studies - A case studies should have max 3 paragraphs that's it max.

Depends on your project but keep it as minimal as you are

You are writing case studies with AI and in those case studies mentioning processes you didn't even used in that project

This is so real - See it yourself the case study you wrote vs the actual process

You don't even do half of these processes - just written there for no reason.

4. Redesigning Airbnb, Zomato, Google pay, Swiggy won't get you anywhere

Yeah all of you have one redesign project of a very popular app I know I did B.des myself there is a redesign project in the module cool but that is just for learning

These companies pay designers, PMs, UX Researchers Lakhs and crores of rupees to be like that, every pixel, every data point is carefully read, and made with precision - with real user data

Your redesign is not fixing anything

Better to build a project from scratch than a redesign, If you want to redesign something redesign bad apps - Billu Salon App, or something. Do not redesign popular apps.

5. Taste - Please focus on your taste what you curate and how well you can implement your curations.

Stop adding drop shadow to every button or card.

Learn to present your work better and clearly.

A lot more things are there but start with fixing these.

Let me know your thoughts - Ask any question in the comments.

PS - I wrote just this to help young and new designers.

I am a UI UX Designer (Product designer) I design apps for founders, startups and solo devs in every niche

If you are building an app

Dm for portfolio

I am a product designer (specialise in mobile app design)

I designed for $500 million companies and $1.5 million ARR too.

If you are interested - founder, solo dev or anyone building consumer mobile apps

A good UX, delightful UI and Business product thinking.

Let me know if you need my portfolio

I am a product designer (specialised in Mobile App design)

Designed for $500 Million companies, and $1.5 Million ARR apps run by small teams too

I am open for more app design projects this month

I only take 2 projects at a time ( Quality UX and Delightful UI with business product thinking)

If you are an interested founder, solo dev or Startup. Would love to chat.

Dm for my portfolio.