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Surviving UX

Jessamyn Edwards & Meg Cramer

None of the answers you need to surviving your UX design career. Jessamyn Edwards and Meg Cramer field questions from real UX designers struggling through the career choice you wonder why you made. No inspiration, snobby career advice, or success stories here!

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45:37

Springtime Smörgåsbord

Surviving UX ·

2023/04/21

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.

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41:25

Show off

Surviving UX ·

2023/04/02

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.

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44:57

Affected

Surviving UX ·

2023/03/01

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.

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38:55

Working with Cancer

Surviving UX ·

2023/02/11

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.

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48:56

Operational rigor

Surviving UX ·

2023/02/02

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.

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39:08

UX layoffs

Surviving UX ·

2023/01/24

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.

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42:39

Lean to accept, Lean to reject

Surviving UX ·

2023/01/11

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!

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43:53

Minivans in the parking lot

Surviving UX ·

2022/10/02

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.

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32:48

UX internship

Surviving UX ·

2022/09/25

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.

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36:22

UX on a yacht

Surviving UX ·

2022/09/18

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.

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35:01

Broken prototypes

Surviving UX ·

2022/08/24

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.

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34:54

Bad habits

Surviving UX ·

2022/08/16

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.

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40:24

Light and tight

Surviving UX ·

2022/06/27

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.

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36:19

UX besties

Surviving UX ·

2022/06/14

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.

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38:19

UX is not a diet pill

Surviving UX ·

2022/06/06

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/

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38:01

Triple booked

Surviving UX ·

2022/05/17

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/

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33:41

Work-cation

Surviving UX ·

2022/05/08

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.

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37:08

Phenomenology

Surviving UX ·

2022/04/26

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.

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37:53

Overlap

Surviving UX ·

2022/04/12

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

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28:46

Feedback sandwich

Surviving UX ·

2022/04/02

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.

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