Were you sold some utopian dream about UX design? About how everyone, everywhere understands the value of good UX design? Did you expect everyone to trust your opinion because you're the UX designer?

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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.

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How do you feel about tests? If you’re anything like me, your heart starts racing and your palms get sweaty. Regardless of their GPA, it’s safe to assume most people don’t like tests.

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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.

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You landed the job. You have a sweet title. You’re making a ton of money. You start tomorrow morning. What do you do? Joining a new team can be a stressful situation. But joining a team doesn’t have to be stressful.

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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?

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You’re obsessing over how much you’re impressing the recruiters. But are you so worried about impressing the company that you’ve missed the fact that they should also be working to impress you?

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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.

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What gets you out of bed every morning? Are you excited about making healthcare safer and more secure? Maybe you’re passionate about democratizing investment opportunities for the masses.

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Twas the night before UX-mas, when all through the page, Some things were still moving, cuz’ we’re still in the design stage. So next time you have an impromptu review meeting, Have your user research ready or you might take a beating. We wish you the best and a fantastic site,

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