I was at work, in the office, and was thinking about work and careers and why we do them, and, well this could be a run-on-sentence for sure…

I like what I do, I always have, I like who I work for, I always have, I like making a good living, and there is still this nagging thought, why? Maybe because I think my profession is going through its midlife crisis, what does it mean to be a product designer. Today alone I was working with AI to code up a working concept of the product I am working on, I used it to explore concepts and ideas, organize my thoughts into something that made sense, I hope with technical partners, and I was like ok… Why do I stay?

It’s not like I am challenged. One thought that came to mind is when I was in High School, there was this thought or test, “What would you do if you won millions of dollars, you didn’t HAVE to work?” The answer was always, you should do that then.

Maybe… maybe that is what I should do… but for now I’ll keep kicking ass and taking names.