Reacting to my old career goals (8 years later)

8 years ago I filmed a video about my career goals as a designer. Today, I'm watching it back and reacting — checking in on what I actually achieved, what changed, and what I'm chasing now as Creative Director at Kit.

In this one: hitting my remote work goal, speaking at design conferences, why my career advice book has taken 8 years to write, becoming a design leader without wanting a huge team, redefining my self-worth outside of work, and the new goal I didn't have back then — creative direction consulting.

If you're setting your own career goals right now, I'd love to know what they are — drop them in the comments. Compensation? Type of work? Leadership? Let's compare notes.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Reacting to my career goals video from 8 years ago
1:40 Goal 1
3:15 Goal 2
5:33 Goal 3
10:06 Recap + a new goal I didn't have back then
12:00 The goal I didn't say out loud in 2018 (and what's next)

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