IxDF MCR: Why design is like yoga and other UX career boosting insights
Originally published 22 April, 2022 on chuckwired.com.
What happens when you put ten UX professionals in a Zoom room across all disciplines and levels, who met through the educational UX site Interaction Design Foundation? A brilliant blend of insights and banter you’re sure to experience FOMO from.
We’re cruising into week four of the U.K. lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, and I was unsure how this meet up would go, since we’ve had mixed results in the past. Thankfully there was both a good turnout of people, and a great assortment of UX paths and levels.
After doing a whirlwind tour of introductions and taking notes, using my Service Design facilitation skills, five clear topics came out as to what people wanted to discuss and learn more about.
- How to start your UX career
- Getting a learning direction
- Picking a path and speciality
- Transitioning sideways or upwards
- Tools of the trade
How to start your UX career
A common theme you’ll find is that very rarely does someone simply “apply for a UX job” and have their career take off from there. How can an employer or an…
