On April 19th 2023, I jumped on a call with a Hiring Director for a Training Manager position I had interviewed for 2months prior hoping to hear the words we would like to offer you the job. Unfortunately, it was we have decided to go with someone else (the most dreaded words to hear) and proceed to let me know that the skill set I was missing was experience around Instructional Design. I had thought that all the work I had done until that point was enough. After the initial disappointment settled in, I asked myself what’s next. After a more in depth conversation with the hiring director his feedback made it clear that this was my next career path within my organization.   So as I am embark on this journey I see my short term goal is to determine what my current knowledge and understanding of Learning Designer based off my current working experience and skills. Start to assess those skills against the framework of this course, listening to my professors and peers as they t...