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How to Become an Industrial Designer (When you’re also a Mechanical Engineer)
I want to become an inventor when I grow up!
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I made this conclusion as early as I can remember. From age 5, my sketchbooks were filled with every wacky gadget, from multifunctional antenna laden brick phones to super top secret spy vehicles (so embarrassing). Many years later I found myself stuck and wondering: How on earth do I turn this into a career? Is “inventor” even a job title?
If you are reading this article there’s a good chance you decided to get a background in Mechanical Engineering. There’s also a good chance you made it through that degree only to realize, it wasn’t what you signed up for. You learned a ton of theory and are now a super talented cog in some big engineering firm. But what you really wanted was to create products, the look, the feel, the functionality, and the experience.
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