Cameron Vaea

[Cameron Vaea @cameronvaea]

@rom1trs motion

[Cameron Vaea @cameronvaea]

@AlfieJCarter GTM

[Cameron Vaea @cameronvaea]

@AlfieJCarter Agents

[Cameron Vaea @cameronvaea]

@shivsakhuja Goose 🪿

[Daryl Ginn @darylginn]

Eventually every designer ends up with a text-only portfolio.

[DANN© @DannPetty]

"You need AI for design."

You mean, you need a eye for design.

[Cameron Vaea @cameronvaea]

@ridd_design So many great roles! Jealousy from Australia 😭

[Cameron Vaea @cameronvaea]

Bars.

[DANN© @DannPetty]

I’m only going to say this once because I don’t care about followers.

I got my followers by sharing good work, doing things for the design community for free, commenting positively on people’s achievements, connecting clients to designers, and just speaking my mind naturally without drafts or brainstorm sessions. Literally whatever came to my mind I’d tweet. Some good. Some bad. But all real.

I didn’t post about how much money I made. Sometimes what I’ve charged out of education.

I didn’t post about you needing to hustle everyday of your life. Don’t (unless you want to).

I didn’t use anyone or bash anyone for clout or to sound smarter. Even though that happens everyday in here to me. (Btw, where’d all those haters go? Don’t hear from them anywhere but I’m still here everyday).

I didn’t burn bridges.

I didn’t follow any growth hacks.

I tweeted whatever was on my mind for the last 15 years. Almost everyday.

It’s important to understand these followers don’t bring me work. I got just as much work when I wasn’t even on a Twitter than I do now.

Before I even started using Twitter I was already freelancing for National Geographic, Google, and Virgin America. I was a top 10 designer on Behance without Twitter. I just constantly shared work on there.

I started tweeting because I wanted to grow my network as a traditional Creative Director—someone that is incredibly connected.

Now, I maintain the following because I want to build the biggest free design school in the world one day. That or a coffee shop, there is no in between, haha. However I can see myself working at the company I do now forever if allowed because I finally feel challenged again.

I also love creating events for designers like I have been the last 10 years.

Now after all these years I get paid to post on here. I get paid to make fun videos. I get paid to do portfolio reviews. I get paid to be me.

BUT IT TOOK 20+ years of design and 15+ years of growing on here to do so.

It’s not about followers. It’s about credibility. And that takes time to grow.

Don’t feel forced to make so much money right now. More money more problems. If you’re surviving, you’re succeeding. We all want more money but we gotta start being content.

Don’t feel forced to post things on here to growth hack. The best growth hack is being real and doing what others are not doing. Every growth hack comes across inauthentic because it is and you don’t need to hear it tomorrow in a newsletter I’m telling you now.

Nothing hacky last forever.

Be yourselves people.

If you don’t know who yourself is, that’s perfectly ok. You have your lifetime to figure it out.

This is just Twitter/X it’s not the real world. Most stuff you see here is fake or only a portion of the truth if any truth.

You may see pics I post and think I’ve got it made and the happiest guy alive. I should be, but I struggle with many things too.

Only difference with me, I keep showing up and being myself whether people like it or not.

That’s the real hack.

[Charles Patterson @CharlesPattson]

POV: You’re the only designer on the eng call

[Roshan Patel @roshanpateI]

Life hack: give yourself 8 to 12 hours of alone time in the morning to mentally prepare for the day.

[neha @neharedy]

one day you’re young and cool and the next you’re thinking about b2b SaaS

[Cameron Vaea @cameronvaea]

@jmspool They give me a physical reaction on mobile.

[trash jones @jzux]

i think i speak for all of us when i say lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua

[Cameron Vaea @cameronvaea]

@pahdreeno431 @darylginn This is the OG.

[Abbi Crutchfield @curlycomedy]

I honestly think we are asking too much of cauliflower.

[Chris Cantino @chriscantino]

The next breakout web3 product won’t be branded as web3

It’ll simply be useful

[✺ nadia ✺ poster therapy @heynadiahey]

My top 3 UX designer shortcuts! 👇

cmd + delight ✨
cmd + make it pop ✨
cmd + magic trick ✨

[UX Affirmations ✨ @uxaffirmations]

💜IT’S OKAY TO DETACH INSTANCE💜

New @figmadesign sticker drop!🔥
https://t.co/8edXYzfc4O

[Matt Turck @mattturck]

Every VC firm right now:

VC: "for our associates, we have strict requirements, like 2 years in consulting/banking, then 2 years at a hypergrowth startup"

Candidate: "gm WAGMI HODL Packy Axie"

VC: "you're hired"