In episode 30 of The Product Design Podcast, Seth Coelen interviews Jayneil Dalal, Staff Designer, Mentor, and Host of the design MBA Show! He took a significant leap of faith and transitioned into design after starting a career as an electrical engineer. During Jayneil's career in design, he has worked as a Product Designer, Lead, and Instructor and gained so much wisdom along the way. At the lowest point of his career, he realized the need to become an expert at networking to create opportunities for himself. He has developed and fine-tuned his cold email, networking, and job application techniques ever since. In this episode, Jayneil shares all of his secrets with us! During our interview with Jayneil you will learn: How Jayneil got into design and what led him to where he is today Networking and the value of a warm introduction The power of a B+ designer Top actions to take which will make your cold email feel like a warm invite Mentoring perspective shift So happy to have you join us today! 00:00 Introduction 05:00 Jayneil's journey into design and his path to where he is today 11:16 How a warm introduction gets you ahead of the pack 18:10 The power of a B+ designer 25:59 Top actions to take which will make your cold email feel like a warm invite 45:23 The perspective shift of becoming a mentor Thanks for watching! -f you enjoyed this video please like and subscribe so I can keep making content for you good people! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3aRBoqF6mAD1PnQwj86dX ?? Don't forget to read our blog and sign up for reminders when new episodes will be available! www.uxcabin.com/podcast/jayneil-dalal Make sure to follow Jayneil after the podcast to stay on top of what he is up to! -Twitter: https://twitter.com/jayneildalal -LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil/ -Website: https://designmba.show Other mentioned links: -10kdesigners: https://www.10kdesigners.co Where to find UX Cabin: -Twitter: https://twitter.com/uxcabin -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uxcabin/ -LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uxcabin -TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uxcabin?lang=en -YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UXCabin -dribble: https://dribbble.com/uxcabin -Website: https://uxcabin.com