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Episode 287: Career Growth for Individual Contributors with Cliff Seal

2024/10/4
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Cliff Seal分享了其在Salesforce超过十年的职业发展历程，以及在大型科技公司中作为个体贡献者（IC）的经验和感悟。他强调，在大型公司中，设计师的工作不仅仅是设计，还包括大量的沟通协调、策略制定和方案落地等工作。职业发展并非线性，需要设计师主动学习、积极沟通，并与经理保持良好的合作关系。他建议新入职的设计师不要急于求成，而是先花时间了解公司内部的运作方式和技术细节，并寻找合适的导师进行指导。在职业发展过程中，设计师需要不断提升自身技能和经验，并积极争取晋升机会。同时，他也谈到了在大型公司中，IC职业发展可能遇到的瓶颈，以及如何应对这些挑战。 Jane Portman与Cliff Seal就大型科技公司中设计师的职业发展进行了深入探讨，涵盖了职业路径规划、与团队的沟通合作、以及如何平衡主动性和被动性等方面。她还探讨了在成熟产品团队中，设计师如何进行策略性工作，以及如何应对职业发展中的瓶颈。

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Cliff Seal's journey from aspiring classical musician to UX architect at Salesforce, highlighting unexpected career twists and the rewarding impact of design at scale.
  • Cliff's initial career aspirations in classical music.
  • Transition to coding and design due to life circumstances.
  • Unexpected full-time job offer at a non-profit.
  • Experience at Pardot, a small startup, and subsequent acquisitions.
  • Appreciation for the impact of design at a large company with millions of users.

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What does career growth look like for a designer in an enterprise company? Our guest today is Cliff Seal, UX architect at Salesforce. You’ll learn about the push-and-pull dynamics in decision making, setting the right foundation with your mentor, the complexities of a mature product, and more.

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