Ready Set Do w/ Naman Pandey

In this episode, featured not-expert is Tushar Gupta. Tushar is a Senior Product Designer at Microsoft, having over 3 years of experience working on Microsoft AI capabilities for Edge browser.

We discuss:

- Tushar’s reasons for studying MS in Human-Computer Interaction at Georgia Tech

- HCI Curriculum at GA Tech and what one can expect to learn there

- Experiences with Product Design at Google and Microsoft 

- Comparison of first months as a Product Designer vs 3 years later

- Difference between UI/UX and Product Design

- How Big Tech ships product improvements

- Culture of innovation and entrepreneurship at Microsoft 

- Design tips that anybody can use for their visuals

- Future of web browsers with AI implementation

This discussion is for anyone who is interested in learning about product design; or anyone who envisions a career in a field related to the design arts - tech or not. 

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Resources:

Tushar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tushargupta10/

Ready Set Do Podcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ready.set.do/

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro and Background

(02:00) Career outline thus far

(07:14) MS in Human-Computer Interaction at Georgia Tech

(12:26) Course curriculum specifics of MS in HCI at GA Tech

(14:52) Day in the Life @ Microsoft Product Designer - Then vs Now (3 years)

(20:46) Internet Explorer memes

(23:02) Overlap between Design and Technology

(26:04) Collaboration between Designers, PMs and Devs at Big Tech

(29:52) Difference between UI/UX and Product Design

(34:09) Design tips for Laypeople : Intention & Minimalism

(39:56) Design iterations in Big Tech - a culture of innovation

(48:01) AI and the future of web browsing

(52:00) Outro + Gratitude