Every Career Has Jumps. These Were Mine.
Mar 10, 2025
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Steve Polacek
Your career isn’t a straight line. It’s a series of jumps. Here are the shifts that have defined my career:

Print → Web
Ink became pixels. Static turned interactive. Content moved online. New disciplines emerged overnight. Social media exploded. Startups went mainstream.
Web → App
The iPhone put apps for everything in our pockets. Mobile went from obsession to addiction. Disciplines took root. Waterfall was the status quo.
App → Product
Understanding the business, the user, and the product became non-negotiable. Disciplines grew up. Agile rewrote the playbook. Data became precious. Measure everything. Iterate often.
Product → AI
And now? We’re in uncharted territory. AI will reshape everything. Let’s see where this goes.
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Every shift felt like a new frontier. But the common thread? Curiosity. Adaptability. A relentless drive to experiment and build.