DIA Design Guild's Apprentice Program is an unpaid, 9-month program that is fueled by goodwill and pay-it-forward.
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What’s on our minds these days? Our final newsletter for the 2024 cohort apprentice program. It's been a definitive learning experience. 😸 As we wrap up this year’s cohort, we look forward to the future and next year’s cohort. Our research team did a fantastic job
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What’s on our minds these days? I had a bit of a shock over the weekend reading a founder’s story. He and his cofounder pivoted 12 times in three and a half years. What shocked me, and I guess it shouldn’t have, was the fact that they
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What’s on our minds these days? December 6th marks the end of the program as we take a break for the holidays and gear up for next year. We use November and December as times of reflection on how the apprenticeship program did this past year and how we
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What’s on our minds these days? Sharing your work is a large part of working in a design team. Whether you are a researcher, writer, designer or some other title, you’ll frequently be asked to show what you are working on and talk about it. Share early and
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What’s on our minds these days? Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I (Grace) last wrote a greeting in these biweekly emails. How’s everyone doing? The summer has ended here in the United States. Here in Los Angeles, we are in fire season. At the time
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What’s on Julia’s mind these days? One thing I miss not working is the sense of community and striving for a common goal. Job searching is lonely. Even with support groups and job search circles you are still ultimately on your own. Job searching is like hunting a
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What’s on Julia’s mind these days? Resumes. They are a lot of work. I read an interesting factoid today. “If you're applying to a role with the title "x" and required skills "a, b, and c", all 4 of those pieces of
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What’s on Julia’s mind these days? Moving from chatbots to chat agents. How much does AI impact your workflow? Do you use it daily to improve efficiency or once in a while? I use it to help me write my resume and to get me started writing on
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What’s on Julia’s mind these days? We have seen in the last six or eight years a conflation of UX and Visual Design. Meaning UX jobs are looking for a focus on pretty pixels versus structure and flow. How will that change with the proliferation of AI tools
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What’s on Grace’s mind these days? Who am I kidding? This is not a week 11 biweekly update. We completely missed the boat and went straight into the next week. LOL, oh, well, I sincerely hope you all know by now NOT to set your clocks or calendars
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What’s on Grace’s mind these days? Stepping in for Julia for this update. There’s a LOT going on this week. First of all, World IA Day is this weekend. Both Julia and I are organizing an event. She’s doing the one in Boston and I’m
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As of January 2024, Julia has taken over the writing of these apprentice biweekly updates because Grace is stepping back and Julia will be the new apprentice program director. We’re settling in with sending these every odd-numbered week. Let us know if these updates are helpful! What’s on