🎨 Fashion and Technology

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Progress Rundown
July 17, 2023

Here are a few things you should know before reading:

  • This newsletter is for everyone who has no idea what they want to do or wants to shift careers.

  • All of the tools and information we provide are backed up by research and statistics.

  • We mainly focus on lucrative and rewarding fields with a high growth rate over the next 10 years.

  • Surprise Letter: Reply to any of our emails with your birthday so that we can send you a surprise on that day. 🙃

  • ENJOY!

The fashion industry by itself shows a projected growth of 3% til 2031, However, job openings continue to be available.

But if you’d like to combine tech. . .

It turns into a different story.

Be it salient ai designing, material innovation, 3D printing, or simply software engineering and data analysis, the demand for such skills isn't going away any soon.

Fashion companies are expected to double their investments in technology according to Mckinsey & Co.’s state report of 2022.

State of Fashion Technology Report 2022

As technological innovation accelerates, fashion companies have an opportunity to serve customers better whilst also creating a more efficient, more responsive, and more responsible business.

www.mckinsey.com/industries/retail/our-insights/state-of-fashion-technology-report-2022

GETTING STARTED

  1. Blog — Data, But Make it Fashion (databutmakeitfashion.com) ┃ The blog of a software engineer working in the fashion industry where you can learn more about the fashion-tech intersection.

  2. https://thefutureoffashionbusiness.com/ ┃ The podcast where executives, investors, and entrepreneurs discuss dealing with the lack of experience and other issues beginners face.

  3. https://www.youtube.com/@TheFashionTech/featured ┃ A channel that covers practical topics like technical design, product development, and production.

  4. https://www.classcentral.com/subject/fashion ┃ A handful of courses you can take ranging from fashion design to retail transformations and innovations.

RESOURCES

Now, if you’ve finally decided that this is for you,

we’ll move on to the next step:

  1. Stay updated on the latest news with TechCrunch:

Fashion | TechCrunch

Read the latest news about Fashion on TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/tag/fashion

  1. Fashion design tips & tools by Designers Nexus:

Fashion Design Resources - Designers Nexus

3rd Party Fashion Design Resources - Useful Links Additional sources of information and tools for the fashion industry including career sites, fashion books, fashion schools, fashion internship programs, independent and underground fashion sites, fashion publications, talent agencies, and more!

www.designersnexus.com/fashion-design-resources

  1. Jobs that are currently hiring on Builtin:

builtin.com/jobs/dev-engineering/fashion

  1. Templates and E-books for the fashion design community from Techpacker:

Free product development resources

Free templates, guides, and tutorials for the fashion design community to make better tech packs.

techpacker.com/blog/resources

PROFESSIONAL RIZZ TIP OF THE DAY

If you’ve applied for a job and want HR to take a special interest in you, thank them on a public platform (LinkedIn).

Here’s a link to free thank-you-letter templates for interviews, referrals, and more + tips: https://www.thankyouletter.ws/

We’re experimenting with some new techniques in our newsletters to improve our readability, so if you notice small tweaks,

kindly do not be alarmed.

We’re still your homies.

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Signing out,

The Rundown Team.

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