{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Design Table Podcast","title":"The Best Way To Get Product Design Experience When You Have None","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1765,"description":"Junior product designers know what it is like. To get a job you need experience; and to get experience, you need a job. How do you break free of this annoying circle? The internet is full of generic suggestions that do not really get you anywhere. Luckily, there's a better way.\nIn this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick tackle the experience-job circle mentioned above. They skip the tired advice of redesigning a famous website and focus on what gets you real clients, real work, and real proof.\nTyler makes the case for doing free work the right way, from pitching local businesses a redesign in exchange for a testimonial to building a home services website before you even reach out. Nick explains why good outreach makes things easier for the other person, and shares the Loom and FigJam combo that gets him a reply almost every time.\nThey also get honest about timelines. Bootcamps promise a new career in weeks. Nick puts it closer to two years and Tyler caps it at one year if you're willing to make sacrifices.\nIn this episode you will learn:\n🔸 Why free work in exchange for a testimonial beats another pet project\n🔸 How to pitch a local business without sounding desperate\n🔸 Why freelance-style experience translates to in-house roles\n🔸 What Dan Mall gets right about cold outreach, and why Don't Make Me Think applies to your pitch\n🔸 How answering an A or B question with option C landed Nick a client\n🔸 Why building the website before you pitch speeds up the sale and lets you charge more\n🔸 How offering to do the job until they find someone can make you the person they keep\n🔸 Why small, unscalable gestures like handmade cookies or a printed portfolio get you remembered\n🔸 The two-minute Loom that gets Nick a reply and an invite to talk almost every time\n🔸 Why vibe coded pet projects can hurt your portfolio, and when a playground page still works\n🔸 How long it really takes to land your first paying design job\nSubscribe to The Design Table Podcast...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BVPjEKFe1ZnGctyPMQDbNaHQM1dmeHZmrE_j0FYVZ1Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81MmYz/NzNiMDgwNDYzN2Iz/ZjMxYTRhNjQxMWY3/YmY3Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}