233: Keep Your Work Life in Perspective and Pair Curiosity with Generosity with Josh Clark

<p>Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is Josh Clark. He is a UX designer and design leader who helps organisations build products for what’s next.  Josh is the founder of Big Medium, a New York design studio specialising in future-friendly interfaces for artificial intelligence, connected devices and responsive websites.</p> <p> </p> <p>He is the author of several books and he speaks around the world about what’s next for digital interfaces.</p> <p> </p> <p>In this episode, Phil and Josh Clark talk about the need to advocate for the end-user as well as meet the needs of the business you are working for. Josh discusses the need to be persistent, but to also recognise when it is time to move on.</p> <p> </p> <p>They discuss why the next wave of I.T. innovation is going to impact the very fabric of our lives. The culture, and how vital it is for developers to make the right decisions.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>KEY TAKEAWAYS:</strong></p> <p><strong>(5.38) TOP CAREER TIP</strong></p> <p>It is important to create a separation between you and your work. You are not your work.</p> <p> </p> <p>Remembering this helps you to cope if something you have created is not well received. The truth is that success doesn’t make you a better person, nor does failure make you a worse one.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>(9.00) WORST CAREER MOMENT</strong></p> <p>Nearly 20 years ago, Josh created a low-cost CMS system. Around the same time, blog platforms and WordPress began to offer something very similar at no cost.</p> <p> </p> <p>That was bad enough. But, what was worse was that Josh did not let go of his project and move on. He failed to recognise that there was no longer a need or market for his paid product. As a result, he wasted a lot of time and energy and ended up damaging his sense of self. Sticking with it too long had really held him back.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>(13.13) CAREER HIGHLIGHT</strong></p> <p>Josh´s career highlight was landing Time Inc. as his first big client. They liked the fact that, at