It’s not a secret that most designers procrastinate on their portfolios whether it is to update them or to create them in the first place.

大多數設計師在更新產品組合時還是拖延產品組合并不是秘密。 首先創建它們 。

Hopefully, by the end of this blog, you’ll be able to finally publish your portfolio instead of taking twice the time or continuing on the procrastination wagon.

希望到本博客結束時，您將能夠最終發布自己的作品集，而不必花費兩倍的時間或繼續使用拖拉貨車。

我的簡歷很豐富； 為什么我需要一個投資組合？ (I have an extensive resume; why should I need a portfolio?)

Well, you might already have extensive experience in the field which makes it easy for you to find work whenever you decide to move up and take a new professional challenge as a designer.

好吧，您可能已經在該領域擁有豐富的經驗，這使您在決定升職并接受新的專業挑戰時，可以輕松地找到工作。

On the other hand, updating your portfolio can be very beneficial for your career as it can push you to reflect on the latter.

另一方面，更新投資組合可能對您的職業生涯非常有益，因為它可以促使您反思職業生涯。

Let me explain; by taking some of your time to update that old and dusty portfolio of yours, you will be forced to ask yourself a few crucial questions:

讓我解釋; 通過花一些時間來更新舊的，塵土飛揚的投資組合，您將被迫問自己幾個關鍵問題：

• Does my portfolio showcase the type of work I want to be doing in the near future?
  我的作品集是否展示了我希望在不久的將來從事的工作類型？
• Have I done anything in the past year that deserves being shown in my portfolio?
  在過去的一年中，我做了什么值得做的事情？
• Have I been working on the right design projects that will lead me towards where I want to be in the future?
  我是否一直在進行正確的設計項目，這些項目將使我走向未來的目標？
• Have I…
  我有沒有…

All those questions will improve the way you see and think about your career by putting things into perspective and pushing you to further reflect on this matter.

所有這些問題都將使您著眼于事物并推動您進一步思考此事，從而改善您對職業的看法和思考方式。

我的履歷不多。 為什么在經歷之前我需要一個投資組合？ (I don’t have a great resume; why should I need a portfolio before experience?)

Well, if you’re just starting or want to get started in the exciting field of design; it is to be expected that you have very little or no experience to put into your resume.

好吧，如果您只是剛剛開始或想在激動人心的設計領域入門，那么您可以； 可以預料，您很少或沒有經驗可放入簡歷中。

For this very reason, a portfolio is essential for you as it’s the only or, one of the only ways that a recruiter can understand your design process and evaluate your capacity to come up with solutions to design problems.

因此，投資組合對于您至關重要，因為它是招聘人員了解設計過程并評估您提出設計問題解決方案的能力的唯一或唯一方法。

Having a well-thought design portfolio where to document your process and projects will be key for that role you’re applying for.

擁有周到的設計資產組合來記錄 您的 過程和項目，對于您要申請的職位至關重要。

您的投資組合僅僅是開始 (Your portfolio is just the beginning)

“The end is never the end. It’s always the beginning of something.”― Kate Lord Brown

“終點永無止境。 這總是東西的開始。” -凱特·洛德·布朗

One of the main reasons why most of us tend to take way too much time to launch our portfolios is that we look at the launch as the closing step when in reality is just the beginning of the journey.

我們大多數人往往花太多時間來發布投資組合的主要原因之一是，我們將發布視為完成旅程的最后一步，而實際上這僅僅是旅程的開始。

Having this outlook can put too much pressure and boundaries on ourselves prolonging the launch further.

擁有這種前景可能會給自己帶來太大的壓力和界限，從而進一步延長了發布時間。

That’s why I think that changing your vision on the portfolio launch and avoiding the following pitfalls will help you update/finish your portfolio and launch it in no time:

這就是為什么我認為改變投資組合發布的愿景并避免以下陷阱將有助于您立即更新/完成投資組合并啟動它的原因：

＃1完美主義 (#1 Perfectionism)

“If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.” — David Foster Wallace

“如果您對完美主義的忠誠度太高，您將一事無成。” —大衛·福斯特·華萊士

Perfectionism is one of the major problems I see in the design community, a design community that won’t hesitate to slap you for not making things pixel perfect.

完美主義是我在設計社區中看到的主要問題之一，在設計社區中，您會毫不猶豫地為您創造完美的像素。

This is a phenomenon that I know most of us designers suffer from when working in our portfolios. We tend to aim too high, we set ourselves unrealistic standards because we feel that once we launch our portfolio we can’t go back but, this is not true.

我知道這是我們大多數設計師在投資組合中工作時遭受的一種現象。 我們的目標往往太高了，我們為自己設定了不切實際的標準，因為我們認為一旦啟動投資組合就無法回頭，但這不是真的 。

Attaching yourself to an idealistic standard such as perfectionism is only going to make you feel unworthy and slow us down. It’s only after freeing yourself from perfectionism that you’ll start moving forwards.

堅持完美主義等理想主義標準只會使您感到不配，并拖慢我們的步伐。 只有從完美主義中解放出來，您才能開始前進。

＃2比較 (#2 Comparison)

“A game of pick-up basketball against someone far taller and more skilled than you may leave you feeling a bit low’’.

“對一個比你高得多，技能更高的人進行的籃球比賽，會讓你感到有點低落”。

-Unknown

-未知

It might happen that, while looking for inspiration, you stumbled on a “top 10 design portfolios of 2020'’ article showcasing designers working at top companies reputed for their design practices.

可能會發現，在尋找靈感的同時，您偶然發現了“ 2020年十大設計投資組合”文章，其中展示了在以其設計實踐著稱的頂級公司工作的設計師。

This will consciously or unconsciously trigger your “comparison muscles’’ making you measure your projects to the projects of those designer’s which, very often, have way more experience and cooler projects than you.

這將自覺或不自覺地觸發您的“比較肌肉”，使您可以根據那些設計師的項目來衡量自己的項目，這些項目通常比您擁有更多的經驗和更酷的項目。

As a fellow designer, I greatly discourage you from doing so as even those designers you admire tend to compare themselves with other designers. This is a never-ending loop from which I encourage you to get out.

作為一名資深設計師，我非常不鼓勵您這樣做，因為即使您欣賞的那些設計師也傾向于將自己與其他設計師進行比較。 這是一個永無止境的循環，我鼓勵您擺脫困境。

Don’t let this discourage you; whats’s important for you is to launch your portfolio asap, you can always iterate on it and add more interesting projects.

不要讓這讓你沮喪。 對您來說重要的是盡快啟動您的投資組合，您可以隨時對其進行迭代并添加更多有趣的項目。

＃3信息超載 (#3 Information Overload)

Your portfolio is not an archive, don’t show all of your projects in it.

您的投資組合不是檔案，請不要在其中顯示所有項目。

As designers, a big part of our job is to ensure that just the right amount of information appears the user interfaces we are designing for.

作為設計師，我們的工作很大一部分是確保僅適量的信息出現在我們要設計的用戶界面上。

Nevertheless, when it comes to their portfolios, some designers forget this crucial aspect. Instead of overloading your project’s list page with numerous past projects, keep it simple by showcasing a maximum of 4 to 6 projects.

然而，談到他們的產品組合，一些設計師忘記了這一關鍵方面。 不要過多顯示過去的多個項目而使項目的列表頁面超載，而最多可以顯示4到6個項目，從而使其變得簡單。

Focus on the projects that are the most relevant to the goal you’re trying to accomplish with your portfolio.

專注于與您要通過投資組合實現的目標最相關的項目。

對于剛開始在野外工作的人* (For those just starting in the field *)

I’m just starting as a designer, I don’t have client work yet

我剛開始是一名設計師，還沒有客戶工作

Well, this is normal, just remember that there is always a problem out there waiting for you to solve it. You can design or redesign a local non-profit or neighborhood business website, a product you are already using, a logo, etc.

好吧，這很正常，只要記住那里總是有問題在等待您解決。 您可以設計或重新設計本地非營利性或社區商業網站，您正在使用的產品，徽標等。

As long as you follow design methodologies and document how you came up with the final solution you can showcase it in your portfolio.

只要您遵循設計 方法并記錄如何提出最終解決方案，就可以在您的產品組合中進行展示。

＃4選擇悖論 (#4 Paradox of Choice)

“Tools are just tools. They work, or they don’t work.’’-Steve Jobs

“工具只是工具。 他們行得通，或者不行 .''-史蒂夫·喬布斯

Thanks to the internet it’s now easier than ever to research products and services and alternatives for each of those options.

多虧了互聯網，現在比以往任何時候都更容易研究產品和服務以及每種選擇的替代方案。

Unfortunately, this can be a double-edged sword as a simple search query can make you fall into the rabbit hole of link clicking that can end hours later with you more confused than before.

不幸的是，這可能是一把雙刃劍，因為簡單的搜索查詢會使您陷入鏈接點擊的困境，而鏈接點擊可能會比以前更加混亂，因此可能在數小時后結束。

By experience, I know that this often happens when you’re searching for the “right’’ content management systems (CMS’s) to use for our portfolio.

根據經驗，我知道，這通常在您搜索要用于我們產品組合的“正確”內容管理系統(CMS)時發生。

For this reason, I encourage you to stop worrying about the pros and cons of each CMS and focus on whether your tool of choice offers the basic features you need, stick to this and you’ll get closer to getting that portfolio ready for publishing.

出于這個原因，我鼓勵您不要再擔心每個CMS的利弊，而要關注您選擇的工具是否提供了所需的基本功能，堅持這一點，您將可以更接近準備發布該產品組合。

You’re designing a portfolio, not an e-com platform…

您正在設計投資組合，而不是電子商務平臺…

＃5截止日期 (#5 Deadline)

“Goals are dreams with deadlines.”― Diana Scharf

“目標是有期限的夢想。”- 戴安娜·沙夫 ( Diana Scharf)

DEADLINE! a word that very often gets associated with stress and anxiety. There is nothing worse than looking at the calendar and seeing that you only have a couple of days, or worst, a couple of hours to finish a project.

最后期限！ 一個經常與壓力和焦慮相關的單詞。 沒有什么比查看日歷并看到您只有幾天甚至更糟的幾個小時才能完成一個項目更糟糕的了。

On the other hand, deadlines can act as a catalyst that can drive you to throw away all of your doubts and just get the work done.

另一方面，截止日期可以起到催化劑的作用，可以驅使您放棄所有疑慮，而只是完成工作。

This is why you should consider setting a deadline for your launch and get ready to launch your portfolio no matter what; even if it’s not perfect, even if some projects are missing. You have to launch it!

這就是為什么您應該考慮設置發布截止日期并準備好發布投資組合的原因，無論如何； 即使它不完美，即使缺少一些項目。 您必須啟動它！

The key is to ship fast and keep iterating on it over time to make it better.

關鍵是要快速 交付產品 ，并不斷對其進行迭代以使其更好。

這是一段旅程…… (It’s a journey…)

Hopefully, by now your outlook has changed and you realize that the launch of your portfolio is not the closing step but, the beginning of the journey.

希望到現在，您的看法已經改變，并且您意識到推出投資組合不是最后的一步， 而是旅程的開始。

The reality is that our portfolios are never finished.

現實情況是我們的 投資組合永遠都不會完結。

Similarly to our careers, our portfolios are constantly in progress. As your career progresses, so should your portfolio. Now, it’s time for you to get to work and finally launch that portfolio.

與我們的職業相似，我們的投資組合也在不斷發展。 隨著職業發展，您的投資組合也應隨之發展。 現在，您該開始工作并最終啟動該產品組合了。

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3，2，1，0…🚀

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