ok as a product designer in the business what ppl fail to understand is that the smaller companies like figma
1. move faster and are more innovative
2. priced right for most designers
3. know their audience
adobe is not as nimble, has excessive pricing and for the most part the traditional apps are robust but harder to use
designers change software pretty often these days because
1. students can't afford adobe and use figma or sketch, get into the workplace and expect to use the same tools
2. almost all designers, even product designers to work on the side for fun...and no i do not want to pay adobe 75$ a month for a bunch of apps i will not really use ( i myself use figma for all my personal projects now and my team at work will transition to it this year)
3. transitioning from sketch to figma to adobe xd is not that hard as they have similar features...it's def easier than going from PS to figma. which is why almost 0 product designers use PS anymore
4. mid-smaller companies can change design software pretty easily..we are always moving forward as designers
5. ppl only stay at a company for 2 yrs so if I go from using Figma at this small company, I might bring that along to a larger company if i get hired
1. move faster and are more innovative
2. priced right for most designers
3. know their audience
adobe is not as nimble, has excessive pricing and for the most part the traditional apps are robust but harder to use
designers change software pretty often these days because
1. students can't afford adobe and use figma or sketch, get into the workplace and expect to use the same tools
2. almost all designers, even product designers to work on the side for fun...and no i do not want to pay adobe 75$ a month for a bunch of apps i will not really use ( i myself use figma for all my personal projects now and my team at work will transition to it this year)
3. transitioning from sketch to figma to adobe xd is not that hard as they have similar features...it's def easier than going from PS to figma. which is why almost 0 product designers use PS anymore
4. mid-smaller companies can change design software pretty easily..we are always moving forward as designers
5. ppl only stay at a company for 2 yrs so if I go from using Figma at this small company, I might bring that along to a larger company if i get hired