Design Thinking for Tech Roles
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How does design thinking work in practice? Leaders at Stanford University claim that "design thinking is a methodology for creative problem solving.” What happens when the real-world problem that you’re trying to solve is landing a job in technology? In this session Adrian explained the process of applying design thinking to career development. He focused on advancing one's career in technology regardless of the current skill set or level of experience.
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Design Thinking for Tech Roles
- 1. What Is Design Thinking for Tech Roles by Blue Mesa Health PM www.productschool.com
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- 8. Use Design Thinking To Get Your Next Job in Tech ADRIAN CUNANAN DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT
- 9. Welcome 1. Go to: http://adrian.ac/dream-job via your smartphone or laptop 2. Create a “Sticky Note” with: a. Name b. Dream Job c. A Picture of Yourself 3. Help a new friend that may look confused with Step 1 & 2
- 11. My Path To Getting My 1st Startup Job 1. Embrace Learning 2. Leverage Network 3. Get Started, No Matter What Extra Credit: Fail Fast, Learn Faster
- 12. How To Design Your Own Path 1. Joy, Flow, Money 2. Dream Job = Big Impact to Solve a Meaningful Problem 3. Reverse Engineer the Path
- 14. Design Thinking & Storytelling for Aspiring Product Managers
- 16. Extra Credit: More Hacks to Get the Job
- 17. It’s a Vicious Circle ENTRY LEVEL JOB OPENING: Hiring recent college grads REQUIREMENTS: 5 years of experience, 6 Olympic Gold Medals, and Superpowers
- 18. Match Resume to Job Posting
- 19. Who’s Getting Funding Who’s Getting Funding???
- 20. Finding a Job is Your Full-Time Job
- 21. Soft Skills : 25% ● Interview Questions ○Behavioral Questions ● Networking Hard Skills : 50% ● Interview Questions ○*** Product Design ○Metrics ○Estimation ○Technical and more... 10 Hours Per Day x 6 Days Per Week Hunting : 25% ● Job Boards & More ● Resume Personalization ● Interview = Design Thinking + Storytelling
- 22. Thank You hello@adriancunanan.com || @adriancunanan Presentation Link http://adrian.ac/design-thinking-to-get-job
- 23. Part-time Product Management Courses in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York, Austin, Boston, Seattle, Chicago, Denver, London, Toronto www.productschool.com
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- Time: 1 Minute / 01:00 Priming & Context Fill in the storytelling with more color Vary tone, speed, and _________. Get a sense of the audience, connect, and engage Indicate the point of the slide in beginning and then remind at end A long time ago in a city far, far away... A young boy grew up in the heart of the Silicon Valley. With a passion for technology, he learned the DOS operating system at the early age of 8, the programming language of Pascal at 17, and started a side hustle job of web design after picking up a learn HTML in 24 hours book. You would think this boy would have no trouble starting a career in tech... But then came the Dot Bust in the turn of the new millennium. Technical jobs were far in between. Fast forward 10 years and he would get his first tech job at a startup. After learning the art of problem solving through consulting and what seems a neverending education path that included UC Irvine, General Assembly, Parsons New School for Design, and Stanford. That boy continues to push towards the mastery of problem solving aka Design Thinking while working at Blue Mesa Health as Director of Product.
- Time: 3 Minutes / 05:00 Today’s Agenda My Career Path Designing Your Own Career Path Interactive Session #1 Design Thinking to Get Your Next Job In Tech Interactive Session #2 Extra Credit: Hacking Your Job Search
- Time: 1 Minute / 02:00 Embrace Learning Leverage Network Get Started, No Matter What Extra Credit: Fail Fast, Learn Faster Be general >>> Hero’s Journey >>> Brian Johnson >>> Optimize Your Own Hero’s Journey I work at Blue Mesa Health as Director of Product Grew up in Silicon Valley Learned DOS at my Mom’s accountancy firm AP Computer Science in High School Economics BS (Minor: Computer Science) Hopped around as a Consultant Founded my own startup, ThriveStreams UX Design and Product Management at General Assembly Graphic/Digital Design at Parsons Transcendent Endeavors (NIH Research Study) Blueprint Health Accelerator Teaching Assistant at Product School Product Design Consulting at The Start Code 1st Job = Director of Product at Blue Mesa Health
- Time: 10 Minutes / 15:00 Joy, Flow, Money What do you enjoy doing? What can you be world-class best at? What will people pay you for? Dream Job = Big Impact to Solve a Huge Problem "Version Awesome" I.e. Elon Musk = Space Travel I.e. Me = Mental Health Reverse Engineer the Path What do you want in a company? What do you need to be to attract that company Drive home the point before moving on. Focus on joy >>> leading to version awesome >>> reverse engineer
- Scan entries, synthesize common themes, break up the room
- Time: 10 Minutes / 25:00 The Process Empathize What problems does the company have? Research/"Internet Stalk" the Company Start with Google Research Media Outlets Crunchbase Angelist TechCrunch Check Linkedin for Connections Define How are you uniquely able to help them solve one of the problems? Give an example as a feature Ideate How might I help the company with this problem? Brainstorm 3 ideas to solve the problem Prototype Pen and Pencil Sketch Clickable Prototype MVP with Bubble.is or real code Test Get Feedback from other people regarding your Unique Solution If possible, repeat 3x
- Time: 10 Minutes / 35:00
- Don’t Use Experience Headline Projects = Experience Too!!!
- Be sure your resume hits most bullet points Copy & Paste Don’t Lie!
- Crunchbase Angelist TechCrunch
- Job = 10 Hours per Day && 6 Days per Week Schedule 25% Hunting Job Boards & More Resume Personalization If got the interview then Design Thinking + Storytelling Preparation 25% Soft Skills Interview Questions Networking “Cool People, Doing Cool Things” See Guy Kawasaki: 5 Sentence Email WIM? Coffee = Wrong Answer Research UVP Lunch If paying then do NOT eat alone 50% Hard Skills Lewis Lin’s 2 week Product Management Interview Preparation Plan
- Let’s keep this discussion going… Sign up: Name, Email, GitHub I have a big network of entrepreneurs… I promise to reach back out to you and if you keep in touch keep you in mind.