Kevin Yien
@kevinyien
product @stripe • thinking out loud • made of 🍦 • random ideas (#sparkfile)
Your career is not a ladder, it's a game. Those who treat it like ladder will make linear progress at best and let their fear hold them back. Those who treat it like a game will collect the resources, find the people, and build the skills that compound — and have fun doing it!
the crossover i didn’t know i needed @danshipper x @lennysan two of my favorite writers / thinkers jamming on ai — what more do you want?
ive been lucky enough to do a lot of cool stuff recently but this one is pretty surreal thanks for having me on @lennysan 🫶
++ to this once upon a time agency background was viewed as red flag because they “never saw the work through” but i almost always look for it for these exact reasons (fast, creative, versatile, gritty — can’t be phased)
some of the most versatile designers I've worked with come from digital agencies, not big tech. they're hungrier, scrappier and less expensive. they can jump between product design, branding, motion and illustration. big tech usually boxes you into one specialty. there's…
we are entering WYSIWYG 2.0 before: what you see is what you get after: what you say is what you get
opening automatic doors like a jedi with your kids literally never gets old