Easy, I was doing it before anyone was paying me to. At 16, I was in Photoshop making thumbnails for YouTubers, creating random assets, dabbling in Premiere Pro and After Effects, just chasing the feeling of making something look right. Nobody asked me to. I just couldn't stop.



I went on to study Electronics Engineering. Design was never the plan. But somewhere between circuits and motherboards, I kept finding my way back to creating things. That's when I came across UI/UX and product design and something clicked. This wasn't just a hobby. It could be a direction.



So, I pursued it. Around 2 years in professionally, and that same pull that started at 16 hasn't gone anywhere.