Why I'm Still a Learning Designer After 10 Years

I was 19 years old when I decided I wanted to work in learning.

People around me used to think I was crazy. I couldn’t justify the feeling with logic. Industrial design doesn’t have an obvious path into learning.

Out of sheer stubbornness and 10+ years later, I’m still here.

People ask me where I see myself going now. Especially with everything changing. And honestly? The answer is still the same.

I still can’t explain where the unshaken commitment comes from. But there are 2 things I know to be true:

1. People will always need to learn.
   The world has seen the pandemic, AI, wars - all in the last few years. The world as we know it is changing every second. Learning is the only moat individuals and organisations have. The only real response to constant change is constant learning.

2. Learning designers in some shape or form will always exist.
   We assume that with AI and everything at our fingertips, we don’t need learning designers. But access to information is not the same as learning. The self-directed, obsessive learning nerds can figure it out. But for most people? They need structure. They need design. And that’s not going away.

So if you ask me, learning - after all this time?"
Always.