The Designer's Diaries
Abdussalam PopoolaI'm Abdussalam, a Designer and a Creative Entrepreneur. I write and document my journey as a designer building a business as i study. I share what works & what doesn't and the many stories along the way. Do tag along\ud83d\ude80
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The Tax of Life
I’ve always wanted to live in Dubai for one simple reason.
0% tax.
Three years later, I still haven’t visited Dubai.
But this essay isn’t about Dubai.
Businesses, entrepreneurs and creators move continents searching for some kind of ut...
Your identity hasn’t caught up yet
You are among the lucky few who actually get to see their dreams realised.
You left your mom’s place at 20 to a new country to start over. And you actually did it!
Within 2 years, you went from charging $200 for a design project to maki...
What I’ve Been Up To
This summer started with a reality check: I might not get a summer internship.
I applied to a couple of jobs, networked, and took the steps I thought were appropriate. Yet, the summer ended up being mine to design however I saw fit.
I h...
Consequences
After the job applications, interviews, hackathons, networking and everything in between. Here are my stats:
Jobs applied = ~45
Jobs landed = 0
Volunteering = 2
Summer internship = 0
Hackathons = ~40
Hackathons won = 4
Timeline...
How i use AI in my workflow
Hey Claude?
npm install abdussalam.md
Done! You can now create the atrocities that have been holding you back all these years.
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I want this to be less of a tutorial; instead, a mental model on how i currently think about AI in...
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