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Career Journey Map
Innovation in Motion
John wanted to solve real problems for real people, building a legacy that never needed his name attached to it.
Expectations
- Creative freedom
- Impact on people's lives
- Financial stability
Explore
Curious entrepreneur → self-taught designer
- Designed Chatbowl
- Designed Findit City
- Freelanced for Boston startups
Formalize
UX bootcamp
- Completed General Assembly's 12-week Immersive Course
- Structured my design skills and built a network of peers
Prove it
Freelance → Agilitee → full-time
- Worked with expert consultants, learning the trade
- Directed research programs end-to-end — from planning to insight to action
- Mastered design and prototyping tools such as Figma
- Spent 4 years at Dollar General running 800+ usability tests and 100+ user interviews
Grow
Mentorship → civic tech → AI
- Sought out mentors throughout my career for guidance and inspiration
- Gave back to the Boston startup community through pro-bono UX consulting
- Revised the product and strategy for Parley and Ramora
- Actively learned new AI methods and tools for digital product design
Lead & build
PM pivot → founding RocketBean Studio
- Combined product design, content creation, and community building to launch a startup studio
- Obtained certifications in Product Management and Project Management
- Designed a business strategy making content and product a flywheel for the studio
- Joined communities of like-minded innovators
Opportunities
- Connect with like-minded people and offer help with their projects
- Build and design as much as possible, even if it's just for fun
- Maintain a healthy level of obsession with solving problems
Skills unlocked / who I became
- ExploreUnlocked a whole new world
- FormalizeJoined the community of designers
- Prove itWorked, failed, succeeded
- GrowDesigned for my passion
- Lead & buildBuilt my dream home for my passion
Now
Sharpening my craft in the age of AI — learning where the tools end and the judgment begins.
Next
Leading with the same curiosity I started with — pushing my craft further and setting the pace for how design gets done.
Later
Becoming the kind of designer other innovators look to — leaving a body of work that speaks for itself.