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How did you first get into design?
I decided to refresh my web developing skills before sending out my resume, so I watched
a video tutorial about web design and one of the sites used as an example was 99designs. I paused
the video to take a look and came across [my first contest]. I wasn’t even aware of the existence of
the PowerPoint Design category. I was so inspired by the brief that I started working on the slide
designs instantly.
For the first time in a very long time, I was so excited and enjoyed the rush of the competition that I
gave myself a month to try and see if I could make it by designing PowerPoint slides. Suffice to say,
I never finished that tutorial video!

What do you think you’d be doing if you weren’t on 99designs?
It would be too boring for words! But thankfully that’s not the case. I’m so grateful for the
opportunity that 99designs gave me – to be able to work from home with clients from all over the
world; to have less worries financially; to wake up every day, energized and enjoying the work so
much that I have to sometimes get reminded to sleep!

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