There's a moment that's become familiar to anyone hiring creatives over the past decade. You're looking at someone's portfolio. It's solid enough. Then you spot the line: "50K followers on TikTok." Suddenly, the conversation changes.
When that happens, those of us of a certain age, who came up during the days of print, have felt the fear. The fear of no longer being relevant. Maybe it's paranoia, maybe it's realism. Either way, if you've not a died-in-the-wool social native, it's tempting to feel your "old-school" skills are no longer adequate, and the algorithm has become the new resume. But what if that era is about to fade? The path to getting your first design job might soon look very different.
