Top Tech Experts Share Practical Career Tips for New and Veteran Designers

Welcome to JELLY STORE’s "Professional Pharmacy" where industry veterans from Tencent, JD and startups gather to address common workplace dilemmas for both newcomers and experienced staff.

Expert: JD Interaction Design New Talent – Coffee Advice: 1. Observe quietly, listen and watch to understand team culture. 2. Ask questions after thinking them through, and keep inquiries valuable. 3. Adopt the right mindset, acknowledge your current skill gap, take notes and iterate quickly. Extra tip: share meals with colleagues to build rapport.

Expert: Tencent Product Experience Design – Bei Ye Advice: Align your abilities with the value you can deliver, develop trust through participation, and maintain self‑awareness; avoid over‑working for its own sake and turn necessary overtime into purposeful effort.

Expert: JD Senior Interaction Designer – Reynard Advice: Since time × efficiency = workload, improve efficiency by (1) building a sample library of successful cases, (2) analyzing demand features and prioritising key problems, and (3) evolving a personal methodology through continuous review.

Expert: JD Visual Design Specialist – Daidi Advice: Establish professional credibility and trust, understand client expectations, avoid endless revisions by grasping the purpose behind changes, and continuously upgrade skills to prevent habitual design.

Expert: 5PLUS Founder – Feng Tie Advice: Sustain a long‑term career by (1) keeping a macro perspective, (2) staying objective and data‑driven, (3) expanding across domains, (4) maintaining foresight, and (5) embracing diversity in methods and communication.

Expert: Tencent Product Experience Design – VV Advice: Look at the age of the oldest designers around you as a benchmark for career longevity.

Additional Insights: Financial freedom depends more on spending habits than income; trust your boss by focusing on results and cost‑benefit analysis; communication should be clear, empathetic and concise; self‑improvement and competitiveness are essential to avoid mid‑career anxiety.