Suede Alumni Panel

Hear SUEDE grads from Google, Dovetail and Frog share the messy reality of breaking into design, plus real talk on portfolios and first jobs.

Four SUEDE alumni working at Google, Dovetail, Frog, and other established design shops are coming back to talk through the gap between finishing your degree and landing your first role. Expect honest conversation about early career missteps, what actually made a difference in their portfolios, and the skills that mattered more than they expected. This isn't a polished success story panel, it's the kind of talk you'd have over coffee with someone a few years ahead of you. There's open networking after, so you can drill into specific questions with whoever's relevant to your path. Worth going if you're trying to figure out whether your portfolio is ready, what your first design job should teach you, or just how messy the first few years usually are.