Twitter Interview

with Chetan R (@cheth)

The thirtieth twitter interview was given by Mr. Chetan R on 20th January 2012.

About Chetan R: 

He is founder of Chethstudios (chethstudios.net). He is a Graphic and web designer. He is a Design Analyst as well and worked as a UI/UX Designer.

He did Engineering in Computer Science field. He has a great passion for Animation and Web Design since his school days.

He specializes in CSS, HTML, jQuery, Flash, Action Scripting, Photoshop, Illustrator. 

Jobzing.com would like to thank him for his time....

Now the Twitter Interview starts.... 

Q1: If you were written about in the newspaper, on the front page, what would the headline say? 

[  Chetan R ] -  "I'm  batman -Chetan" lol. That was a tricky question to start with. On a serious note, hope it's for some good reason. ;)

Q2: If you could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not famous, living or dead, real or fictional. With whom would it be? 

[  Chetan R ] -  Steve Jobs. For obvious reasons! The man had a deadly tumor in his pancreas and yet he chose to hang on. Who would have the will power to do that?

Q3: I design things when I get bored of being a.w.e.s.o.me! – Your FB profile says this. What is that one sentence which describes Cheth, the Social Media celeb? 

[  Chetan R ] - Errm celeb? I have always hated that word, I would like to believe that people still follow me on Twitter just to keep track of my designs, photography stuff and not because they are interested in knowing what I had for breakfast.

So talking about this guy Chetan, he's a simple guy  who eats and sleeps at the wrong time and is crazy about designing. I keep my online life totally disconnected with my offline life just for the fact that I would still like my friends to treat me normally and not because I'm that big showoff guy who works as a designer. Sorry, I did take up a lot of sentences didn't I? ;)

Q4: Do you like what Chetan does at Chethstudios? What is he doing to make his team members like it? 

[  Chetan R ] -  It's tough to measure emotions like 'like'. But yeah, I'm a very flexible person, and the fact that my team has remained the same ever since we started, speaks for itself.

Q5: Tell us about a time when you were able to step into a situation, take charge, muster support and achieve good results? 

[  Chetan R ] -  It hasn't been smooth sailing for me all the way, especially while starting out when I was just another engineering student with crazy ideas wanting to put a ding in the universe. There were at times when all my family, friends like the typical Indian families questioned my methods and thought I was foolish enough to not opt for a software engineering job like my other friends. And I did take the challenge and I've had people come up to me and say 'oh man you're pretty famous dude', 'How did you do that?' etc. I simply smile to myself because I know if I hadn't taken the charge I would've been telling those same lines to someone else.

Q6: Has "Living the Game" taken over your personal life? How do you strike a balance? 

[  Chetan R ] -  If my friends are to be believed, yes initially it did mess up my personal life. But then as I said earlier if I hadn't set priorities and figured out a way to balance work with personal life, I would have totally lost it. But again, graphic designing is something I always loved doing. The day designing starts to get 'work' to me is the day I quit designing.

Q7: Which attitude does not work for you at workplace?

[  Chetan R ] -  I hate negativity and people who can't stop cribbing, but I guess everyone knows it so I don't see such things often.

Q8: What quality you admire in co-workers? 

[  Chetan R ] -  I admire talent more than anything else.

Q9: How do you stay current? 

[  Chetan R ] -  God bless the internet! I exploit it to the fullest.

Q10: Your advice to all the young designers who want to follow your footsteps 

[  Chetan R ] -  Be yourself! Don't follow anyone, not even me. Why? I'm a self - taught graphic designer, haven't seen a design school in my entire life. When I used to work for a big media house they used to ask me my personal opinion. Why? It’s simple, because I'm not a text book designer and I never thought or designed as another designer out of a design school. Maybe that is what set me apart and people always appreciated my work. If you have the talent, just back it up with all your heart.

Last Updated On: 20/01/2012