The Diary Of Design Thinking

11. Bait-and-switch jobs, a layoff survival guide, and the art of disagreeing with stakeholders.

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Finding a new UX job can be daunting in itself, but it’s miles harder if you’ve just been laid off. What’s worse? Imagine if on your first day, it wasn’t what you signed up for—your manager informs you the role has changed responsibilities.

Bummer.

We cover how we navigate these difficulties in our own career journeys, wrangle with Webflow, and shine a transparent light on professionally disagreeing with your stakeholders.

Hint: rhymes with shdata, and shmuser shmesearch.

What we discussed

  • 0:00:00 – what’s happened to Simon since last season?
  • 0:02:30 – Webflow, it’s learning curve, and comparing it to Figma
  • 0:07:55 – Chuck’s childhood, and the “life stages” of brewing coffee
  • 0:12:25 – Simons career update, and starting a different job than advertised
  • 0:18:00 – advice for you if a job doesn’t match the description; it differs if you’re junior or senior
  • 0:23:10 – Chuck career update, a legit design system, and navigating a layoff
  • 0:30:00 – Elon Musk, Twitter layoffs, and main character syndrome
  • 0:34:50 – what to do immediately after a layoff
  • 0:43:08 – Chucks new gig
  • 0:44:40 – a tale of disagreeing with a stakeholder
  • 0:50:20 – when to push back, and how to make your case
  • 0:56:34 – what if the data says no, but a stakeholder still says yes?
  • 0:58:55 – should designers take responsibility if devs are busy or not?
  • 1:05:44 – after 8 years, would you join UX if you could start again?

    • Full show notes available here: https://medium.com/north-west-ux/bait-and-switch-jobs-a-layoff-survival-guide-and-the-art-of-disagreeing-with-stakeholders-bdca333f17d

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    The Diary Of Design ThinkingBy Simon Hoang and Chuck Rice