Did you transition into UX from another industry?

Construction laborer > Building industry retail/large commercial sales > Construction Project Management > Warehouse Management > Customer Support > UX Design > User Research

I found that understand the needs of do-it-yourselfers and contractors for building projects prepared me for understanding the needs of people using software and websites. The project management and warehouse management help me transition to service design/workflow concepts.

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Thatā€™s one of the more unique backgrounds Iā€™ve heard. It might overlap well with a lot of the industrial ergonomics components for job-site evaluation. The projects Iā€™ve done in that area are pretty good experience for demonstrating how a small, repeated physical problem is usually reflective of organizational shortcomings further up the chain.

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Web Development & IT Support > Developer > Military > Retail Sales Associate > Border Control > Learning UX

Iā€™ve always been fond of Visuals and graphics when i was younger. Like motion Graphics, Interactions, Graphic Designsā€¦through the different industries iā€™ve been working, iā€™ve realise that there are areas where user experience can be improved but no one really place an eye on it. I;m coming to UX from my experience in designing/web development. I just feel the need to improve things and experiences.

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High school visual art teacher > EFL teacher (Japan) > EFL teacher (Australia) > Business systems trainer > HTML/CSS trainer > In-house trainer/consultant > Freelance web developer > Front end web developer > Technical business analyst > Senior UX Consultant ā€¦

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Hi there, iā€™m new to the forum.

Mine goes Event Management > Naturopathy > Mental health nursing > currently feeling an alien in my first week of a UX Bootcamp in Sydney.

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Mine is simple, Visa Officer to UX.

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Welcome! Glad youā€™re here.

Nah, you got this. If you have questions that we can help with, feel free to ask for support.

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Thank you so much Hawk!

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Software engineer (7 years) -> Learn UX -> Practise, attend meetups -> Quit software engineer job -> Currently on a break. Working on some self initiated projects and learning more each day.

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Hereā€™s mine:

Studies in English Lingustics (Iā€™m Polish) -> Working at a hotel as a receptionist (2 years) --> Sourcer/Recruiter (4 years) --> Risk Management Specialist (mistake, 6 months) --> Digital Producer ( 6 months ) --> UX/UI but very very junior :slight_smile:

I think I didnā€™t see many HR people amongst UXers :slight_smile: Am I worng? What led you to this path?

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Industrial (product) design - - > landscape architecture --> UX (almost, still working on it)

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  • I wanted to be an artist when I was growing up.
  • I did a BTec National Diploma in Design with a specialism in Graphic Design
  • I then did another year of Graphic Design at uni before dropping out.
  • I got a job as a junior web designer/front-end developer/customer support/SEO/server management/Tech Support/domain manager/everything else.
  • I then got various jobs doing different balances of design - FE development in large e-commerce companies varying from fashion to lingerie to adult products.
  • I got fed up of being pulled to FE dev when I want to do design and gradually built an interest in UX.
  • I got my first job in UX but left as they werenā€™t ready for a UX person.
  • I am now doing UX work as a freelance while looking for a perm role hopefully doing something other than e-commerce as I have been doing that for 15 years!
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Post-Production Audio Engineer > Help Desk Technician > Webmaster > Content Manager > Front-end Web Developer > Content Strategist / Content-Focused UX Designer

Itā€™s been an interesting road and Iā€™m still learning a lot. :smiley:

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Hey Anne! Good to see you round this place again.

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After college. Tele-Surveyor-> Fashion Retail-> Cafe and Restaurant service attendant -> International Airlines Flight Attendant -> Airline Checkin service attendant -> Airline passenger service rep -> Airline recruitment -> Airline HR Project manager -> Primary school teacher -> Mandarin/ESL language teacher -> UX designer

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Iā€™ve been in HR! I know whatā€™s it like and why we are changing directions unless itā€™s Recruitment :slight_smile:

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You might be good to speak to since weā€™re trying to improve airline boarding @dougcollins

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Thanks, Hawk! Good to be back. :slight_smile:

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Hi Hawk. Another architect hereā€¦ hopefully transitioning to UX for a more creative and fulfilling life!

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Front-end Developer/Web Producer > UX Designer

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