# An unofficial virtual Post.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? - **values for the next generation of designers:** - if circumstance put you in a position where you were instead teaching the next generation of designers, where would you focus? What values would you help to instill? How would you prepare them for an uncertain future? --- > [!info]+ After-meeting summary > check back in after the meeting passes (and better yet, feel free to shoot me any notes if you take them! [email me](mailto:[email protected]?subject=My%20post-meetup%20notes)) ## 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**: %%