Yo, Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I realized pretty quickly after reviewing listings on Coroflot that ‘product manager’ is neither a job that I’m interested in nor qualified for. The job roles within the product design & development process are perhaps a bit more murky than I had thought. I very much want to be part of the creative team in some way.
What has helped me the most, has been reviewing portfolios like yours and others on the site and realizing that I have vastly undervalued the importance of documenting my sketches! I have a machine shop on-site so I go from sketching, to CAD/CAM, to prototype in hand pretty quickly. As I start to put together my portfolio I have a lot of product, a lot of models, and almost no sketches. That will need to change.
I agree, that Art of Shaving seems like a natural fit. I’d also like to find employers similar to 555 where design, development, and fabrication are done in-house.
Thanks again for the feedback.