If I had to summarise my journey at Saturn in one word, it would be: unlearning.

I walked into Saturn with confidence. I had experience. I had instincts. I had opinions. I knew how design “should” work, how processes “should” run, and what “good” looked like.

I thought I was on the right of the bell curve. In reality, I was stuck at the top of a bell curve made of my own assumptions. Reality stuck

Saturn humbled me real fast

There’s something about being surrounded by sharp, grounded, mission-first people that forces you to confront yourself. I started to unlearn things I didn’t even know I was carrying, default ways of thinking, patterns I’d repeated without questioning, beliefs that once served me but had quietly started to hold me back. It wasn’t loud or dramatic. It was subtle. Daily. Relentless. And it shaped me.

I’ve had to unlearn what it means to be “right.” To let go of the pride that comes from being the one with the answers. I’ve learned to be okay with not knowing. To listen more than I speak(Still working on it and a long way to go). To ask before I assume.

But perhaps the most profound shift has been in how I see people.

Earlier in my career, I was focused on problems. Give me a challenge, and I’ll break it down. That was my world. But at Saturn, I slowly started noticing something else: the people behind the problems. The team. The way everyone shows up, with strengths, struggles, intent, and care. And somewhere along the way, I began to feel something I hadn’t expected. I started caring. Deeply. Genuinely. Not just about the work, but about the people doing the work.

That was new for me.

And with that came another kind of unlearning: the idea that someone’s performance is just their responsibility. What I’ve come to believe is that when someone struggles, it’s not their failure. It’s ours. It’s a signal that something didn’t click, maybe the context wasn’t right, maybe the support was missing, maybe we didn’t see them fully for who they are. And in some cases, it’s my own failure too.

Not as a Designer. But as a teammate. As a human who’s learning how to show up better for others.

That shift, from individual thinking to shared ownership has been one of the most emotional parts of my growth. It’s made me softer. Slower to judge. Quicker to empathise. And it’s helped me see just how much untapped potential exists in every single person. if only we’re patient enough to notice it and brave enough to nurture it.

The irony of it all is that I came in trying to contribute. But Saturn has given me far more than I could’ve imagined. It has shaped who I am becoming, not just as a designer, but as a person. The problems here are hard. The standards are high. But the people make it all worth it.

And through them, I’ve learned to unlearn.

I’m still in the middle of it. Still figuring things out. Still falling short in places. But I’m grateful. For the space. For the honesty. For the people who’ve pushed me, supported me, challenged me, and believed in me even when I was still catching up with myself.

This place has changed me. And I just want to say thank you for letting me grow here.