Hustle

On this episode throwback, we discuss:Eric's experience running and growing a startup called Perkville in the bay areaCreating a culture of mentorshipBeing a Chief Design Officer of one, and how running a startup helped Eric refine his focus and purposeEric walks us through the Facebook Groups team, their mission and how they workThe importance of "north star" concepts and their ability to help you sell an idea and a vision to your teamWhy shorter (3 day) sprints can be more effective than 5 day design sprintsThe "People/Problem" framework at Facebook and how Facebook designers drive the products and determine what to shipThe value of diverse job experiences and how working in an agency can help you learn skills to create and sell ideasHaving a diverse team of designers gives you awesome collaboration and outcomes.Testing incremental changes get you incremental results, but when you test big bold ideas you can see huge angle changes in your metricsDesigners need to get out of their bubbles (most of your users