Design professionals and design Bootcamp students are clueless about the ins and outs of UX research. Some of these design professionals can hire and expand their teams, but they never consider bringing a UX researcher into their design cycle since they know very little about what they do. Often they are looked at like design practitioners that are meant for only big corporate companies and might lead to waste of cost critical resources. This article highlights some of the key decisions and things that UX researchers tend to perform but are ignored by product designers and managers. I have also tried answering many of the questions that upcoming UX-researchers have during the start of their career.