Category: UX Career Newsletter

  • UX Career Newsletter: “But that’s not my job”

    UX Career Newsletter: “But that’s not my job”

    You’re reading the UX Career Newsletter, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. Maturity and Experience (1 hr podcast) It always bugged me when I heard “But that’s not my job” around the office – which is usually more a junior designer mistake. In this episode of Working Podcast, designers…

  • UX Career Newsletter: Trends in User Research

    UX Career Newsletter: Trends in User Research

    You’re reading the UX Career Newsletter, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. Trends in User Research Methods “Micro tests are preferred over long formal user research studies” is among some of the gems in this World IA Day lecture. As tools and methods multiply in the UX space, testing…

  • UX Career Newsletter: How do we design designers?

    UX Career Newsletter: How do we design designers?

    You’re reading the UX Career Newsletter, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. 1. How do we design designers (video) Three years ago, Jared Spool shared a meta-level talk about how to design a better educational experience to create the next generation of designers. Whether you sign up for Center Centre (a…

  • UX Career Newsletter: Startup Stock Options – Are They Worth Anything?

    UX Career Newsletter: Startup Stock Options – Are They Worth Anything?

    You’re reading the UX Career Newsletter, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. 1. Startup stock options: are they worth anything? “Well, we also offer equity…” Might be something you’ve heard before when negotiating a UX design offer with a startup. TL;DR (meaning too long; didn’t read) Options is true…

  • UX Career Newsletter: Getting into UX at Age 40

    UX Career Newsletter: Getting into UX at Age 40

    You’re reading the UX Career Newsletter, a series that teaches you something new about UX design every week. These are this week’s UX lessons that are worth your time: 1. A guide to becoming a UX Designer at 40 3 years ago, Guy Ligertwood stepped into a UX bootcamp and fought the uphill battle to land…