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2) Play along with some beginner chess tutorials on sites like chess.com or Lichess
3) Watch this youtube series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao9iOeK_jvU
Now I see my phone number was part of the breach. I am so fed up with Facebook.
Toast builds hardware and software for restaurants. We're looking for engineers of all types. Hardware. Software. IOS. Web. Android. You name it, we're looking for it. Check out our careers page (https://careers.toasttab.com/), and if you're interested, send me an email at [email protected].
- This post only touches on visual design. Important, but just a subset of what "design" is.
- Dribbble is very "artsy" and not typically as focused on practical product design. I personally dont think its beneficial to spend time there, unless like the author states, you're interested in emerging visual trends.
- The author doesnt mention the foundations of design, which is disappointing. Spacing, alignment, visual hierarchy. affordances, etc. If you're building an app without a designer its far more important to understand those concepts than how to design a logo.
My advice, depending on how much time you're willing to invest:
- Read "Dont Make me Think" by Steve Krug (2.5~ hour read)
- Read the first half-ish of "The design of everyday things" (4 hours?)
- You may balk at the length of those reads, but I promise you, spending one day to learn design fundamentals is an extremely valuable use of your time.
Common mistakes I see developers making:
- No attention to spacing consistency
- Not creating enough space between unrelated elements
- Not aligning enough things
- Weak visual hierarchy
- Misusing radios vs. checkboxes vs. dropdowns, etc
Toast builds hardware and software for restaurants. From POS terminals to takeout mobile apps, Toast is tackling problems across all areas of the restaurant ecosystem.
Toast has engineering teams in Chicago, Boston, and Dublin. Every team is looking for full-stack developers, and hardware teams would love to speak with people who prefer working closer to the metal. Some of the tech stacks/languages/frameworks Toast uses include: Java, Spring, Android, iOS, React, Redux, ASP.Net, C#, SQL, JavaScript, and Node, among others.
Check out our positions here https://careers.toasttab.com/#openings, and email me at [email protected] to learn more about particular roles.