Steps to design toys in the future

Hello, I am almost going to college but I just recently realized that I want to design toys in the future. For context, I just started learning how to draw and I will soon be able to get Zbrush off a student discount to create models of some toy ideas. I have 2 sets of questions for you guys. -If you are a designer, what steps have you taken to learn to design objects, what softwares do you use, and how do you make models? - if you are a toy designer, how did you become a toy designer, and with what experie