- Posted in aspirations career
Last work week I spent a good chunk of time on my projects Screenshot to Layout and Obra Icons. I also spent some time investing the hype around Cursor and oh boy… the hype is real. I built a mobile-optimized Currency Converter app in a few hours of work mostly by prompting what I wanted. […]
- Posted in aspirations career ondernemen
My search for a new adventure is starting in earnest after some holidays. Two weeks ago I wrote about two main options, one was getting a product designer role in a US startup/scaleup, the other one was restarting agency life. I’ve been looking at jobs on read.cv and on workatastartup.com. Ideally I can find a […]
- Posted in aspirations career ondernemen
When I started as a freelancer in 2011, I dove into the world of mobile apps. But that’s the short story. The longer one is that I first did some branding and web design. Then, I had a stint as a photographer. I worked for advertising agencies (not really my thing…), development companies (interesting but […]
- Posted in career
Change is afoot for me; After 2,5 years working with Doccle I’ll be working on finding new design challenges to take on with my agency Obra Studio. At this moment, I am not sure where things will go. One part of me dreams of going back to agency life and build out a bigger, stronger […]
- Posted in blijvend-leren career design
A few days ago marked the day I’ve been working in-house for 2 years. I think overall I am very happy with my decision to go in-house as a product designer. I gained a new perspective by working on a product full-time for a longer time. The depth in which you can go as an […]
- Posted in aspirations career productivity
Hola friends, I am writing from a cute café in Mexico City called Blend Station. Someone responded to my “professional job search” kind of posts (written in Dutch) with some new elements, like: hey Johan, maybe it’s a search for a deeper meaning? When I think about that, yes, probably – the underlying reason for […]