She done good . <| sep |> The English version of the copypasta says gorilla warfare not guerrilla warfare . <| sep |> I honestly like CBS more than Fox and ESPN . Call me crazy but their games kind of remind me of watching the NFL when I was a kid . I guess low production is nostalgic . <| sep |> In the sandwich of product design , industrial designers and engineers are the peanut butter and jelly . The bread is the marketing and business strategy folks . If you want to work as a product designer , the best thing you can do with your time as a student is to build your portfolio . Do projects that collectively explore the entire product development lifecycle . Do something that requires deepdive needfinding . Bonus points if you can apply some quantitative marketing research . Sketch things , then render in CAD . Build stuff . Incorporate electromechanical parts and a bit of code . You ' ll gradually figure out what you really enjoy doing as your portfolio grows . How you present and tell the story of your of your projects will likely be what gets you into a graduate design program or desired job . Having an engineering background is an incredibly useful thing in the design world because it enables you actually go from idea to prototype to product . I ' m a product designer , and my colleagues all have some sort of mixed design and engineering background . That said , place equal emphasis on the fuzzier front end activities that often define the path a project takes . In addition to building your portfolio , begin building your network . Take as many internships as possible . Visit some design firms or design departments in a company . Apply to IPD if you want a reasonable dose of business strategy in your design education . Apply to a traditional ID program for more focus on exactly that . I ' m an IPD graduate with an Aerospace Mechanical Engineering BS . You ' ll have fun in the product design world no matter what happens . But , do remember that where you went to school is of minimal concern compared to the quality of your portfolio .