Have you ever dreamed of hanging out your consulting shingle? Can you signal that you're open to new jobs without risking your current one? Amber Braden and Jill Christ join the podcast to share how they founded GLOW Insights, a user research consultancy.
How attractive are 4 day work weeks? Can one UX individual actually get more done in less time? When’s the last time you used a new product or service where it felt like they really talked to users?
What are you willing to do to put food on the table? Do you bother applying to jobs where 300 people have already applied? How do you keep swimming without anything to hold on to? We welcome freelance UX designer and researcher Tim Duffield.
Back in the office? Starting over yet again? Climb aboard this UX career train and join Jessamyn and Meg to talk LinkedIn desperation, following dreams, and the glamorous return of commuting.
Do you miss cubicle walls? What do you do with a piece of hot gossip? Why don’t senior designers share their secrets? Meg and Jessamyn chat with designer Jo Carroll.
Are UX card decks back, or just more divine? Does anyone really want to know about your bad weekend? Do melancholic leaders (wherever they might be hiding) wield power? Meg and Jessamyn ponder the Bittersweet (book by Susan Cain) and try desperately to beat the summer heat.
Are you awake at night wondering if your design is ready for users? Are designers scared of talking to their own customers? Can you "borrow" research from other teams? Jessamyn welcomes Shilpa Bhat, senior designer in ML/AI at AWS.
Can cars be designed any worse for infants? Does GDPR protect us from getting too many catalogs? Is your workplace menopause-friendly?
Have you been on a project team that released a chatbot but detest them in real life? Can you navigate your job like a roomba while smashing through walls? How do you work through the evening and have dinner with your kids? Meg and Jessamyn consider talk chat crap, dreaming big, and mealtime etiquette.
Could women's bathrooms be designed any worse? Do theme parks even realize people come in different sizes? Is my brastrap showing on this video call? Jessamyn and Meg doubt anyone would understand their LinkedIn posts, so they don't even bother.
Ever wondered what plumbing is like at theme parks? Does it seem weird when a colleague is working from bed? What do you think you'd differently when next years performance review season rolls around? And will you actually do it? Jessamyn and Meg catch up on surviving as springtime emerges, even though those pesky germs haven't gotten the memo.
Do competitive designers get ahead? What does healthy competition look like? Have you ever thrown anyone under the bus? Meg and Jessamyn talk to Shubha Gargava , senior user experience designer for artificial intelligence and machine learning at AWS.
What does it feel like to wake up to a layoff notice? Why are recruiters sensitive to their interview count? Should you keep your job hunt on simmer or just wait for the phone to ring? Jessamyn and Meg talk to Adam Starr, relationship-first technologist and people person.
Scared to talk to managers and HR about unexpected life events? What kind of support do employees need during a major medical crisis? And what can you do for a colleague taking leave? Check out our episode on the “Working with Cancer” pledge and navigating life’s big and little reasons to press pause.
Will you miss pushing pixels if you become a UX manager? Is anyone reading your Figma comments? Can you claim the business's success as your own after designing a feature? Jessamyn and Meg chat with Laura Martin, Senior UX Manager at Amazon.
Have you been affected by recent layoffs? How do you share your layoff story in social media? Meg and Jessamyn talk about the broken fantasy of tech careers.
Is it possible to minimize UX drudge work? Can you let go and shake up your process? And just how many of your houseplants should you expect will die? Jessamyn and Meg wade through UXPA (UX Professional Association) conference reviewer feedback and wrap up Surviving UX Season 2!
Anything worse than saying good-bye over zoom? Where do you go at work to talk about parental leave? T-shirt or notebook? Jessamyn and Meg invite guest Krishna Vadrevu, fellow UX Designer, to chat about the best swag, switching jobs in the pandemic, and advice for the non-birth parent.
Just how many UX internships do you need to apply to, anyway? What will your parents think about your UX career? What type of work will you end up doing at an internship? Jessamyn and Meg talk to Adaeze Ezekwerre, Drexel University HCI student and summer intern at AWS.
Where do you find 1% users? Who are the unsung heroes of the UX world? Are the days of onsite interviews over? Jessamyn and Meg talk to Brian Ashbaugh, UX leader and user research director with 20 years in the biz.
Do you edit your presentation in front of your audience? Schedule meetings and then forget to attend? Jiggle your mouse while you're away? Meg and Jessamyn weigh in on more terrible work habits from UXers.
Do you watch reality TV while you work? Are you the person who pipes up right before a meeting ends? Is doing your nails at your desk a productivity hack? Meg and Jessamyn celebrate terrible work habits.
How long is too long to spend polishing a deliverable? How do you motivate special snowflakes to use a design system? Meg and Jessamyn wonder if summer is even fun anymore. Episode transcripts are now available at https://survivingux.libsyn.com/site/about .
Are you stagnating if you don't want to be a manager? How do you work for a manger who doesn't see your strengths? Is anyone still making friends at work? Jessamyn and Meg talk to best friends and UX dream team, designer and illustrator Priya Shetye and user researcher Whitney Patel.
What's it like to ditch UX design and take on a new role at your company? How do you get it together to write a UX book? Are UX skills relevant outside of work? Meg and Jessamyn speak to Jim Kalbach, Chief Evangelist at MURAL. More on Jim Kalbach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalbach/ https://www.amazon.com/Jobs-Be-Done-Playbook-Organization/dp/1933820683 https://www.jtbdtoolkit.com/...
Could you run a startup with your spouse? What's the first ritual to go after you leave the corporate world? How do you break bad news to your clients? Meg and Jessamyn speak with Jill Christ, UX research consultant. Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillchrist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillchrist/ Website: https://www.jillchrist.com/
How much time should you give companies to interview you? How do you get away from home while working at home? In this job market, is it better to cling to your raft or jump ship? Jessamyn welcomes and bids farewell to Dvir Adler, UX designer at AWS.
Why do veterans make good UXers? How much whining can a design ops person tolerate? Why can't I be a special design snowflake? Jessamyn and Meg talk to Drew Nevins, UX program manager at AWS.
Is it even possible to be an artist and a designer? Is it better to bounce around or stay at the same company for a long time? Jessamyn and Meg welcome Brian Conery, Head of UI design at CISION. brianconery.com bricondesign.com IG: brianconerydesign IG: brianconeryart Medium articles: https://medium.com/p/e5f88b8740df https://medium.com/p/70d3e268044 https://medium.com/p/c26ec9d96ac9 https://medium.com/p/1f06b5b67f1d...
How can we light a fire under an unmotivated designer? Why can't our design teams be a bunch of mini-mes? What's the biggest difference between West Coast and East Coast designers? Jessamyn and Meg talk to Jessica Schafer, UX lead at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
