https://open.spotify.com/episode/5C8vK7nsbZA0yBFj2KWnc5?si=Kaf-K6YQSsifNcDlmvJz0Q If you've been avoiding social media because it feels like a scam, the algorithms just caught up to your instincts. A designer friend spent six months torturing herself with "growth hacking." Posted three times daily.…

Professional networks are built through relationships. Social media is one channel for building and maintaining relationships — but it's not the only one, and it's not the most effective one for most designers. The channels that build design careers most durably are not the ones that algorithms…