Persona: Designer

Ondra has worked as a designer in various contexts and has performed a wide range of jobs. His experience includes a stint in the academic sphere as well as serving clients in an agency. While he has been involved in a long-term product development project within a nine-to-five corporate milieu, he has also tasted the turbulent start-up life of Silicon Valley. Although he has attended a number of mellow meetings in Brno cafés as a freelancer, he is well familiar with the jet-set workstyle involving international teams.
What are the specifics of these positions and environments? What are their pros and cons? And which way to go to meet one’s professional needs and aspirations?