# An unofficial virtual Posts.cv meetup: January Edition %% below are the notes in the original meeting invite %% > [!note] Invite notes > Join us on Wednesday, January 15th from 11am to 12pm ([PST, view your timezone →](https://time.is/compare/1100AM_15_Jan_2025_in_Los_Angeles)) > > **Meeting link: [Whereby](https://whereby.com/tw-meetup)** > **Event download:** [Event.ics](https://cdn.bryant.land/events/20250115-meetup.ics) %% Enter notes below this line %% ## Tldr; - This is an unofficial thing and not managed by the [Read.cv](https://read.cv/teams/newlayer) team - The agenda below is just a loose framework to keep the ball rolling - ==Camera + mics optional!== there's no pressure to join in the conversation, you can feel free to engage as much or as little as you feel comfortable including not engaging at all. - If this goes well, I may spin it into a monthly thing - If yall want to chill after the hour conversation, I can leave the meeting link open ### Agenda - **what do you envision for your late career?** - when you look far into the future, so not even the next step in your career or even the step after that, what do you want that to look like? are you in management? Are you still doing design? Are you still doing the same work but for a different industry? - **independent from capitalism, how do you see yourself as a designer?** - If all of your needs were met, are there ways that you would still like to leverage the skills that you developed? How would you continue to challenge yourself and set goals? - _**Would**_ you still see yourself as a designer? --- > [!info]+ After-meeting summary > The pressure to niche down in your career, agency vs in-house design environments, portfolios and presenting your work to get hired, what you'd do if you didn't trade design for money, navigating design meetups, and how Canva is a slept on contender in the creative tools industry. ## Meeting notes - [Canva acquires Serif and the Affinity Apps, via Forbes](https://www.forbes.com.au/news/innovation/canva-acquires-affinity-software/) - https://www.upwork.com/ - https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html - https://www.danielipark.com - [/research/tabs/](https://itsdpark.com/research/tabs/index.html) %% - **Attendees:** [[taurean-definition|Taurean]], Pedro, Chris Bird, Robert Floyd, Bria, Rome, Helena Cucas, Carla, Janelle Amores, Jon Hargreaves, Laura - **Presenting design**: %%