380: Designing WhatsApp ft. Priyanka Kodikal

<p>This week, we catch up with Priyanka Kodikal, a design manager leading consumer design at WhatsApp. We talk all about her journey as a designer, and what it's like building WhatsApp. In The Sidebar, we answer a simple question: should designers learn Figma in 2020?</p><hr /><h3><strong>Latest VIP Patrons:</strong></h3><ul><li>Belinda Hui</li><li>Nuzi Barkatally</li><li>Eugene Fedorenko</li><li>Mike Griffin</li><li>UX Vietnam</li><li>Sam Carden</li></ul><hr /><h3><strong>The Sidebar:</strong></h3><p>The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to full episodes going forward! Sign up at <a href="https://patreon.com/designdetails">https://patreon.com/designdetails</a>.</p><p>In this week's Sidebar, we answer a listener question from our Twitter DMs: <i>Would it be a good idea to begin transitioning to Figma as my primary design tool, or do you think it matters as long as I'm producing quality work and shipping features at my current job? Would learning Figma help future-proof me? I just need to be sold on the idea and I figure you two would have good insights as Figma users.</i></p><hr /><h3><strong>Follow up:</strong></h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/divyatakart/status/1347131245684092928">Divya Tak tweeted</a>: <i>one of the things that I feel like why it's easier to praise someone who just does the work is because creative professionals have a myth that "doing the work" is enough. So we find it easier to praise those people. And I also think (this is a bit darker) but it's easier to be not threatened by someone who has 100 instagram followers but makes art everyday, vs someone who makes art once a week but each piece gets over a thousand likes.</i></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/mknepprath/status/1347229752160116748">Michael Knepprath tweeted</a>: <i>the bit about your writing voice changing - I try to fight this every time and mostly fail every time, I think. I want my posts to feel like longform tweets!</i></li></ul