Interesting challenge! Feel free to start a new discussion about it if you’d like to brainstorm some ideas.
(And welcome )
Interesting challenge! Feel free to start a new discussion about it if you’d like to brainstorm some ideas.
(And welcome )
Hello everyone,
I am from Japan but living in Sydney Australia
I have recently changed my career from a Web designer to UX/UI designer.
Have you tried some online courses?
Where in the world are you?
Stockholm, Sweden at the moment
What stage of your career are you at?
A few years in, started as a UI designer and progressed to UX design
What are you current challenges?
Working as the only UX designer in a tech company…its a great challenge and I love it but some days its exhausting to be focusing on my work process and way of working so much of the time as opposed to actual design work.
What aspect/s of UX are passionate about?
I love solving a tricky user flow and finding a simple solution to a long discussed problem. I love asking BUT WHY several times a day to help us all focus on why we are building a feature in the first place.
Cats or dogs?
Cats! They cuddly.
Truer words were never spoken!
Hello everyone,
I have been to this community for two weeks and a starter in UX industry.
Where in the world are you?
Would this help?
I’m actually a full stack so i do both frontend and backend. I’ve come to really appreciate UX cus I feel it has a real impact on how users enjoy using a product. I’m actually learning more about UX and how other people handle UX. I hope to really learn from the community
Hi everyone,
Nice to meet you!
Where in the world are you?
I’m from Lisbon, Portugal.
What stage of your career are you at?
Currently I’m working has an software developer for more than 12 years now, and I’m eager to do a change career to the magic world of UX.
What are your current challenges?
I’m trying to figured out how do I make the change. I’m still very new to the UX world and I’m overwhelm by the amount of information that I’ve found related to this field.
What aspect/s of UX are passionate about?
I think that during my career I was always intrigue by the fact that a lot of companies don’t apply UX Design processes in their products and that’s why I’ve started to wonder why. I’ve always like to know the why and how things are made and try to understand how the user interacts with the product. So, I think UX Design is ideal to me. So here I am in this new crazy dream.
Cats or dogs?
I’m more of a cat person, but I like dogs.
Cheers, João
Thank you!
Where in the world are you?
I’m from Naples, Italy
What stage of your career are you at?
Right now I’m in charge of the corporate web department of the company, precisely I’m a full stack developer with a strong orientation to usability and behavioral interaction.
What are you current challenges?
I’m looking for the metrics that create the bridge between behavioral analysis and statistical data, and make them legible and analysable.
My goal is to understand how to make communication between different subjects linear.
What aspect/s of UX are passionate about?
It makes me happy and satisfied to see that people are happy using a working tool and that consequently creates results defined in the design phase
Cats or dogs?
Until recently i would have answered DOG! now having a cat at home, and i have to tell you DOG!
Where in the world are you?
Northern New Jersey, USA. I know you are picturing city, but I actually live in a town rural enough that they don’t deliver the mail.
What stage of your career are you at?
This is my 3rd career. I used to do ocean modeling, which is basically scientific visualization. Then I was a theater professional with a specialty in actor-created physical comedy. I just finished an MI program with an Informatics and Design. I’m working part-time creating a prototype visual search system for the Dodge Poetry Foundation Archive and looking for full-time work.
What are your current challenges?
I’m unsure how to find the “right” job. I get contacted by lots of recruiters, but without being able to check out the company directly it’s hard to tell. The job boards (Monster, etc.) also seem to be flooded by recruiters. Are all companies going through recruiters now? Or have I just not found the right in? I’d also like help with my resume and portfolio.
What aspect/s of UX are passionate about?
Interviewing users and determining their needs and prototyping.
Cats or dogs?
Cats for sure. I have a knack for choosing cats who will sit with me all the time-- but can take care of themselves if I don’t come home.
Let’s see what @simon_lash thinks.
No worries. Post in the feedback category when you’re ready.
Jealous. The photos look so beautiful.
Where in the world are you?
Grand Rapids, Michigan
What stage of your career are you at?
As a UX designer, relatively speaking, early on. As a design director, 10 plus years.
What are you current challenges?
Having lead branding and art direction teams, I have experience but my résumé and portfolio is full of the pretty stuff and not enough of the messy data stuff. Working hard to change that.
What aspect/s of UX are passionate about?
My “hobby” or interest is in behavioral psychology. I love to SEE what makes people tick and testing what should work or ought to work.
Cats or dogs?
I’ve always had dogs. Dogs.
Depending on the industry, many companies use agencies, some of the time. Financial institutions often use outsourced recruitment programs, companies experiencing growth and a need to cut down on time to hire often outsource their talent acquisition or they simply use agencies to augment their own talent acquisition team. So by no means do all companies use recruiters exclusively or all the time but in North America quality talent is at a premium so many companies do outsource when the need arises. Companies that are less likely to use agencies often are smaller up and coming companies with excellent employer branding, lots of organic press coverage and use creative talent acquisition strategies. Ie hosting hacknights etc.
Have you responded to any recruiters? Good recruiters should divulge who they work with once lines of communication are opened.