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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
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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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