Courtney Tam – Product Design Intern at Cognite – Whiteboard.fm #017

In this episode, we speak to Courtney Tam. She has previously interned at Microsoft and Shopify. She is studying Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo and is currently interning at Facebook as a Product Designer. #shopify #microsoft 🔔 Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips: https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 ❓⏰ Questions: 0:00 Introduction 01:04 How did Courtney get into Design? 02:21 How did you transition from Fine Arts to Computer Science background? 03:13 What made you want to apply to companies like Microsoft and Shopify? 04:30 Interview process at Shopify 06:49 How has your background in computer science helped you in designing? 10:05 Shopify Onboarding project 20:46 What are your learnings from your Shopify internship? 23:55 Microsoft Smart Tagger System project 34:54 What have been the changes in your design thinking and working approach?  36:54 Project at Cognite 44:15 How do you select the projects that you want to work on in companies? 47:21 What are your top 3 learnings from your design journey?  Courtney's website: https://www.courtneytam.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_courtneytam/ This podcast is part of the #10kdesigners Network. Home: https://10kdesigners.com Browse bite sized learning in business, product, UI/UX design, freelancing and more: https://booklets.io Get real design inspiration from the world's best designed apps: https://uisources.com Brought to you by your host, Mayank Khandelwal. Instagram: https://instagram.com/mayankk98 Twitter: https://twitter.com/mayankk98