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In today’s episode, I speak with Gabe Valdivia. Gabe is a Cuban-American designer based in New York City. He’s been practicing design for more than fifteen years, leading teams in large organizations and designing for startups. He's currently leading Consumer Experience Design at Patreon, connecting artists with a passionate audience to help them make a living doing what they love. Before that, he led design and research teams at CNN Digital, Google Jigsaw, and Facebook.We dive into the importance of practicing authenticity as a designer, how it can lead you to greater career empowerment, how your intrinsic motivations can guide you through career changes and challenges,  how to differentiate your identity from your work, and ultimately how this work can bring you towards a more meaningful and fulfilled design career. 

<p>In today’s episode, I speak with Gabe Valdivia. Gabe is a Cuban-American designer based in New York City. He’s been practicing design for more than fifteen years, leading teams in large organizations and designing for startups. He's currently leading Consumer Experience Design at Patreon, connecting artists with a passionate audience to help them make a living doing what they love. Before that, he led design and research teams at CNN Digital, Google Jigsaw, and Facebook.<br/><br/>We dive into the importance of practicing authenticity as a designer, how it can lead you to greater career empowerment, how your intrinsic motivations can guide you through career changes and challenges,  how to differentiate your identity from your work, and ultimately how this work can bring you towards a more meaningful and fulfilled design career. </p>

Gabe Valdivia: How authenticity can lead to a meaningful design career

Kyle Ryan

Today we sat down with Gabe Valdivia and Kyle Ryan to talk about design at Facebook, the progress of their side project, Peek, and the value of obviousness in design. You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors:  Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Dropbox  Gabe on the Web:  Twitter Dribbble Website Peek Episode 5 of Design Details  Kyle on the Web:  Twitter  Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on?  Peek  20:00 - We dig more into Peek  Ello Ello iOS Facefeed Design Details with Allison House  48:00 - How do you recruit an engineer to help you build a project?  Modern Design Tools: Using Real Data Josh Puckett Origami That car startup Cat Chat

<p>Today we sat down with Gabe Valdivia and Kyle Ryan to talk about design at Facebook, the progress of their side project, Peek, and the value of obviousness in design.</p> <p>You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would <a href="https://thenetawards.com/vote/podcast/the-design-details-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">vote</a> for us, or share the show with a friend!</p> <p>If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/designdetailsfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@designdetailsfm</a>!</p> <h5>Sponsors:</h5> <ul> <li><a href="http://iconfinder.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Iconfinder</a> - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro</li> <li><a href="http://dropbox.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dropbox</a></li> </ul> <h5>Gabe on the Web:</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/gabrielvaldivia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://dribbble.com/gabrielvaldivia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dribbble</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gabrielvaldivia.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.reactwithpeek.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peek</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.designdetails.fm/episode-5/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 5 of Design Details</a></li> </ul> <h5>Kyle on the Web:</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kylry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> </ul> <h5>Show Notes:</h5> <p><strong>4:00</strong> - What are you working on?</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.reactwithpeek.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peek</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>20:00</strong> - We dig more into Peek</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://ello.co/beta-public-profiles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ello</a></li> <li><a href="http://appstore.com/ello/ello" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ello iOS</a></li> <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contextlabs.facefeed&amp;hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facefeed</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.designdetails.fm/34/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Design Details with Allison House</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>48:00</strong> - How do you recruit an engineer to help you build a project?</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://medium.com/bridge-collection/modern-design-tools-using-real-data-62d499e97482" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Modern Design Tools: Using Real Data</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/joshpuckett" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Josh Puckett</a></li> <li><a href="https://facebook.github.io/origami/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Origami</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.automatic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">That car startup</a></li> <li><a href="http://catchat.fish/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cat Chat</a></li></ul>

40: Ace of Bass (feat. Gabe Valdivia and Kyle Ryan)