Blog Category: UX/UI

Jump to Free Resources on: Identifying Burnout | Avoiding Burnout for Creatives, UX/UI Professionals and Designers Self Care Exercises | Supporting Staff for Employers |Talking With Your Boss About Burnout Stress Management and Mindfulness | Staying Connected Creative and professional burnout — due to heavy workloads, long hours and lack of resources — affect 64…

Jump to Free Resources for: Girls and Young Women Exploring STEM or Young Professionals and Women in STEM According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women make up half of the nation’s workforce and more than half of its population, yet they are still significantly underrepresented across all areas of the tech sector, accounting for only…

Have you ever wondered how to become a UX designer? If you have an eye for design and a passion for improving clunky products, you might be the perfect fit for a career in the field. UX design is simply a shorthand term for user experience design. It encompasses the many ways that people interact…

A handheld video game console. A foldable camping fork. An online banking app. What do these all have in common? Though they’re as different as can be, they all share one key commonality: a UX designer’s expertise. The job of a user experience (UX) designer is to create enjoyable and meaningful product experiences. These professionals…

Jamil Mawani was an accomplished technician for AT&T. Rain or shine, his job brought him outdoors to install copper lines, cables and more. But after two and a half years of working long hours, including night and weekend shifts, he was ready for a change.  “I’d always been interested in website design,” said Jamil. “I just…

Chase Hart has always loved education. But after two years as an eighth-grade math teacher in Atlanta, Georgia, he was ready for a different equation. “I wanted to do something in the tech field,” said Chase, “and I wanted to continue learning — whatever my career.”  While researching different technology boot camps, Chase found himself drawn…

Laszlo Kovesdi was exposed to technology at an early age. His dad was a graphic designer, so he and his brother often played around with the Adobe Suite (in lieu of toys) and figured out the tools together. When he got to high school, Laszlo started taking his design education more seriously by enrolling in classes and…

It’s a fact of life — you spend five seconds figuring out that the pull handle on a door is actually a push mechanism, and those few moments of annoying inconvenience cast a pall over your day.  There are millions of examples of similar quirks in consumer psychology. We pick a neutral blue sweater over…

John Wallace worked in operations at Vrbo, the vacation home rental arm of travel giant Expedia. After taking part in an internal product workshop, he decided that he wanted to pursue a career in product.  “Opportunities were hard to come by,” he said. “I knew that I had to do something to put myself above the competition.” As…

After graduating college with a bachelor’s degree in international affairs, Saskia Mick worked a broad range of jobs: from waiting tables to designing floral arrangements to working at her local library. While each position presented opportunities and challenges, Saskia struggled to find a career path that truly energized and excited her — until she enrolled in a…