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How I accidentally became a designer and landed a job at Snapchat
This is the story of how I accidentally became a designer and eventually ended up designing for celebrities
I was sitting at my desk doodling nonsense, as I always did when I was asked a question that quite literally set me off on a new path in my life.
I worked at the campus activities center for a few hours a week to earn a little extra money. I sold tickets to students for upcoming events at my school. There was plenty of downtime which I would usually spend doodling in my notebook or finishing homework.
One day the campus activities director said something like “Hey Dan, I always see you doodling in your notebook — do you think you can design a t-shirt for the basketball game next Friday?” She told me the design was for a rivalry game against a local team and they were going to print 300 copies. The person that usually designed them was unavailable and it was either I did it or there would be no shirts.
I’d never designed a t-shirt before, or anything really, but I said “sure.” Worst case, they wouldn’t like my design and I’d go back to doodling at my desk.
Within an hour I came up with this design. I used the first letters of the two schools, Kings and…
