# The art of the professional pivot

DevFeed: [The art of the professional pivot](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-art-of-the-professional-pivot-10098.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/the-art-of-the-professional-pivot/>)

Author: Aaron Britt

Published: 2023-12-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [User experience (UX)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ux.md>), [SockTz](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/socktz.md>)

Tags: [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [pinterest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinterest.md>), [product-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-design.md>), [ux-writing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux-writing.md>), [writing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/writing.md>)

## AI overview

Six creatives describe career pivots within and beyond product development. The article presents strategies such as reframing a role or making a larger change, with Ry Reid's move from customer support to UX writing and later toward visualizing ideas as a central example.

## Source excerpt

Six creatives working in the product design world share their journey to making big leaps and side shuffles into their next career chapter.