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UX Survival Guide

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UX Survival Guide

Think your current career wont transfer into UX Design? You’re wrong!

Are you stuck in another career, want to get into UX design but don’t want to start at ground 0 all over again?

5 min read2 days ago

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Think your current career wont transfer into UX Design? You’re wrong!

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UX Survival Guide

Learn UX Design: Self-taught or bootcamp? How tf do I choose?

With the sea of resources, courses, and bootcamps, I don’t know how anyone trying to break into UX can see through the storm of…

6 min readMay 20, 2024

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Learn UX Design: Self-taught or bootcamp? How tf do I choose?

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Things you should NEVER do in a design crit

It’s easy to let the pressure get to you but you risk losing credibility if you make these mistakes

3 min readMay 6, 2024

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Things you should NEVER do in a design crit

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No experience? Beyond static visuals — Portfolio projects that land jobs (No prompts)

Building your design portfolio without experience can feel impossible. Or maybe you’re already an established designer but you want to…

3 min readApr 21, 2024

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No experience? Beyond static visuals — Portfolio projects that land jobs (No prompts)

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Most design leaders suck

Last week for international womans day I came across a video where this woman was talking about all the great woman leaders she’s been…

5 min readMar 20, 2024

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Most design leaders suck

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Displaying UX Research in your Design Portfolio — 4 mistakes you don’t want to make

When it comes to displaying research in your portfolio: How much is too much? How do you keep hiring managers/recruiters interested?

5 min readMar 12, 2024

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Displaying UX Research in your Design Portfolio — 4 mistakes you don’t want to make

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UX Portfolios: You suck at talking about yourself. Let ChatGPT do it for you

How painfully awkward is it to have to talk about yourself? Moreover talk about yourself in such a convincing way that someone would…

5 min readFeb 6, 2024

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UX Portfolios: You suck at talking about yourself. Let ChatGPT do it for you

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2024 Tech Layoffs: Designers, I have some good news

Have you been worried about the recent tech layoffs that have been happening (again)?

3 min readJan 25, 2024

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2024 Tech Layoffs: Designers, I have some good news

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The power of ‘why’: you need to ditch the checklist and understand the purpose of your UX

In the world of UX design it’s easy to get caught up in the “doing” side of things which means a crucial element often goes overlooked.

3 min readJan 17, 2024

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The power of ‘why’: you need to ditch the checklist and understand the purpose of your UX

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Designer downtime — Some course recommendations for your holiday break (Part 2)

Incase you want some brainfood over the holidays here are some design course recommendations for ux/product designers

3 min readDec 19, 2023

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UX Survival Guide

UX Survival Guide

13.2K Followers

Tips & Career Advice for UX/Product Designers from a Principal Product Designer with 10+ years of experience

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