About this episode

Sam Gordashko discusses her journey into DJing and shares insights on creativity and design.

Get ready for the beat to drop, when Sam Gordashko joins us to talk about her love of DJing. She traces her journey from recording mixtapes off the radio as a kid to spinning sets at Burning Man. She shares how she learned to embrace imperfection as a recovering perfectionist, breaks down her systematic approach to navigating 50,000 tracks, and explains how DJing puts her into a flow state of constant, calculated risk-taking. Sam also offers practical advice for anyone curious about trying DJing themselves. Guest Bio Sam Gordashko (she/her) is a freelance design systems pro with a design tokens obsession based out of Toronto, and she's on a mission to make complex tech feel human. Over the years, Sam has worked with big names like Getty Images, Shutterstock and Intuit, plus plenty of scrappy startups figuring it all out, with most of her career spent as a "Design Team of One" at various tech innovation startups. You might know her as Samantha Gordashko or Sam I am Designs, the public speaker, host of design systems events, and educational content creator focused on design tokens, design-to-development processes, and systems thinking. She's got a knack for turning intimidating…

People in this episode

Host: Guy Segal

Guest: Sam Gordashko

Topics covered

• DJing
• music
• design systems
• creativity
• personal journey

Keywords

• DJing
• mixtapes
• Burning Man
• design systems
• creativity
• imperfection
• music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Getty Images, Shutterstock, Intuit

Places: Toronto

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