UX boot camps seem to be getting a lot of flak as of late. Are they teaching the necessary skills? What are the necessary skills anyway? This week Andrew Macdonald joins us to give his perspective.
A former marine might not be the first thing you think of when you think of a CXO at a fast growing tech company. But you haven’t met Andrew Rice. Andrew joins the show to talk about his transition from the military to
A couple weeks back, Maigen Thomas received a message from a recent boot camp grad. The message was an opportunity for Maigen to share some tips on how not to use LinkedIn to network when looking for a job.
Meet Bobby Johnson. A former actor, director, choreographer, hospitality professional, gig worker, and home baker. Bobby found his calling during COVID and transitioned to his new career into UX Design in early 2022.
Does your team really understand who is using the tools you are designing? Do your team members throw around “user” without any solid understanding of what those people are trying to achieve?
The goal of Kickass UX is to reinvent UX education and provide a more personalized, honest, and accessible learning experience for aspiring UX designers. They believe that traditional UX education doesn’t provide practical skills for students to succeed in the industry.
Is your team focused on outcomes? Or are you just cranking out feature after feature? This week, Neil Pleasants joins me to talk about how he’s moving his company, Mindful Chef, to focus on outcomes over outputs.
The terms neurodivergent, neurotypical or neurodiverse might be new to you. But we’ve been working with a neurodiverse group our entire careers. Introverts, extroverts, thinkers, feelers, etc. We hear talk of “the spectrum” often, but are these problems to be fixed, or might these folks have valuable insights that us “normies” would have never considered?
If it hasn’t happened to you yet, an unexpected layoff will hit you at some point. You have to be ready for the inevitable. This week, Kasey Randall offers his advice on how to handle it, what to do, and how to move forward.
This week we have my first guest, Jeff White, a 20 year UX veteran working on products like Alexa at Amazon. Jeff didn’t agree with my thoughts on “UX/UI,” so today we get a second opinion from an agency perspective.
