Raising Prices and Challenges of Retainer Work in the First Year of Freelancing

This episode of Deep Dives highlights the 5 things I learned from interviewing designers like Dan Mall, Grace Walker, Adrien Griveau, Yuan Wang, and Luis Ouriach. You'll learn:

1) How to organize variables in Figma and think strategically about primitives vs. semantic tokens

2) How to price yourself as a first-year freelance designer

3) How the best design systems teams operate

4) How to level up your design portfolio and rethink your case studies

5) How to collaborate with engineers like the founding designer at Linear