Engineering meets Design
Many of the core facets behind engineering and designing overlap. Infrastructure (e.g., roads), like many of the products we create, are meant to be used by people.
As a consultant, I often collaborated with a variety of disciplines: architects, traffic engineers, construction contractors, municipalities, clients, project managers, etc. And, understanding the project life cycle and stakeholder business goals were essential to winning project proposals.
TLDR; Practicing design thinking as an engineer helped me gain invaluable skills for designing digital products too!
