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[Ep. 32] Working as a UX Designer @Google w/ Erin Essex
✨ Erin Essex applied to Google several times before Google's recruiter reached out to her. Along the way, she worked at a calling center, on @MLB projects, and notable startups.
In deciding to join Google though, Erin changed roles from a director back to a senior IC. Why?
Hear Erin's story on how she is bucking the traditional career trajectory, by following her own career satisfaction criteria. That's what Erin Essex would do!
0:35 🐝 Hobby as a beekeeper
3:00 Getting into design
5:30 💸 Career turn from financial recession
8:00 Working at an agency
13:30 Trajectory from agency to @Google
23:45 🎤 Mastering soft skills and storytelling
30:35 Life satisfaction from high salary
33:15 Taking pay cut to join Google
38:27 When to take risks?
41:25 🎥 Sharing your ideas on social media
46:00 The future of UX Design
48:33 📊 Day in the life of UX Designer
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✨ Erin Essex applied to Google several times before Google's recruiter reached out to her. Along the way, she worked at a calling center, on @MLB projects, and notable startups.
In deciding to join Google though, Erin changed roles from a director back to a senior IC. Why?
Hear Erin's story on how she is bucking the traditional career trajectory, by following her own career satisfaction criteria. That's what Erin Essex would do!
0:35 🐝 Hobby as a beekeeper
3:00 Getting into design
5:30 💸 Career turn from financial recession
8:00 Working at an agency
13:30 Trajectory from agency to @Google
23:45 🎤 Mastering soft skills and storytelling
30:35 Life satisfaction from high salary
33:15 Taking pay cut to join Google
38:27 When to take risks?
41:25 🎥 Sharing your ideas on social media
46:00 The future of UX Design
48:33 📊 Day in the life of UX Designer