2 lines we read this week that stayed with us: "Your job doesn’t have to represent the most prestigious use of your potential. It just needs to be rewarding." Merits a share with you - as a collection of reads on your career. We'd love to know what you thought of these - tell us via twitter or linkedIn.

More this week:

⏳ The seats and time are running out for DesignUp.School's first cohort - we have less than 4 weeks to go for launch date (18th October)! Will you be one of the founding cohort?

👁 Soo found some inspiring eye candy and visual delights (all below 👇👇)

🧰 And we had a Masterclass on Branding (more 👇)

🪴Your career

Mentorship as You Know It Is Dead — 99u.adobe.com

There is more than one great mentor out there waiting for you. In fact, there are plenty right in front of you, and they've been here the whole time.

The Engineer’s Guide to Career Growth — review.firstround.com

Raylene Yung has spent a decade scaling engg and product teams at Facebook and Stripe. Here's her advice for engineers at every stage of their careers, from IC to org leader. And you can port over a lot of good advice for your Design career as well.

How to Pick a Job That Will Actually Make You Happy — www.theatlantic.com

Your job doesn’t have to represent the most prestigious use of your potential. It just needs to be rewarding.

💡 Meet the Teacher-Practitioners at DesignUp.School

Alysha Naples, CXO of Tin Drum, will teach how to take charge of your own growth - as a professional, designer, and human. Learn to utilize curiosity and compassion with her at DesignUp. School.

Anshumani Ruddra, product leader at Google, will teach decision-making to create real impact, through various frameworks and an understanding of human biases.

📔 Masterclass on Branding

The first DesignUp.School Masterclass on Branding by Shiva Viswanathan took place last Saturday to a full house, and it was intense and exciting! Here's a sketchnote from the session by Rasagy Sharma.

Eye Candy

The Introvert Collection — weandthecolor.com

The Introvert, a collection of stunning illustrations by Jeff Aphisit from Bangkok.

Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world — www.itsnicethat.com

Founded by Kinda Ghannoum, Sally Alassafen and Hala Al Afsaa, the nonprofit documentary project celebrates a little-known design history among the global canon.

🎡 And finally, less than 10 seats left for DesignUp School - what are you waiting for?

Till next time,

@soosixty and @jdallcaps