Dollars to Donuts

43. Leanne Waldal returns


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In this episode of Dollars to Donuts I catch up with Leanne Waldal, five years after she first appeared on the podcast. She’s now a Principal in User Experience at ADP.

A couple of years ago, I realized I know things. We all know things, but sometimes we go through life thinking there’s always something more for us to know, or we don’t know as much as others. A couple of years ago I was like, oh, I know some stuff. I could share it. If I think of myself at 23, 24 years old, I had people who were my age now who were telling me things that I listened to and got advice from. I’m that person now. I can be the person who like gives people advice or says, I don’t actually know everything, but here’s some things I learned over the years that might help you. It makes me feel good to do that. It boosts my confidence. It helps me feel like I can actually do something that’s not just my craft or not just my job for a paycheck or not just this, but I actually have something to offer. And that’s a great feeling. – Leanne Waldal

Show Links
  • Episode transcript
  • Interviewing Users, second edition
  • Beyond The Surface: Navigating The Depths Of User Research With Steve Portigal (Greenbook Podcast)
  • Leanne Waldal on Dollars to Donuts, 2019
  • Leanne on LinkedIn
  • ADP
  • Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra
  • Dropbox
  • Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon MacKenzie
  • Organic Online
  • Howard Rheingold
  • NASDAQ crash, 2000
  • San Francisco 2004 same-sex weddings
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