410: Agency vs In-House Design

<p>This week, we compare agency vs. in-house design work, dissect the tradeoffs, and share interview tips for anyone moving from an agency to a product company. In The Sidebar, we share our favorite Keynote tips and tricks and our top strategy for telling a more clear story in a deck.</p><h3><strong>Sponsor:</strong></h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.baronfig.com/designdetails">Baronfig</a> makes tools for thinkers: guided journals, simple notebooks, writing instruments, bags, desk organizers, travel accessories, and more. Their products are beautiful, functional, and simple — we use them and love them. Use the promo code <strong>DESIGNDETAILS21</strong> to get 20% off your purchase of $50 or more.</li></ul><h3><strong>Latest VIP Patrons:</strong></h3><ul><li>Raiseaplant</li><li>Andrew Frank</li><li>Olowu Abayomi</li><li>David East</li><li>Paige Mariucci</li><li>Alfredo Contreras</li><li>Andrew</li><li>Miguel Salvador</li></ul><h3><strong>Golden Ratio Supporters:</strong></h3><p><a href="https://www.plume.com"><strong>Plume</strong></a> empowers a billion smart devices in homes and small businesses through a suite of adaptive WiFi, AI security, and parental control. They're hiring product designers to build the future of smart home services. They're hiring product designers with 2-5 years of experience shipping products — learn more at <a href="https://designdetails.fm/plume">designdetails.fm/plume</a>. Oh, and they just raised a <a href="https://news.crunchbase.com/news/smart-home-saas-startup-plume-raises-270m-series-e-reaching-1-35b-valuation/">$270m series E</a>, so now's the time!</p><h3><strong>The Sidebar:</strong></h3><p>The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at <a href="https://patreon.com/designdetails">patreon.com/designdetails</a>.</p><h3><strong>Main Topic:</strong></h3><p>This week, we compare agency vs. in-house design work, dissect the tradeoffs, and share interview tips for