Iranian-born architect and recent UX design graduate shares her experience of moving from Iran to the UK, studying UX at General Assembly and looking for her first UX job. Nirish answers her mentoring questions too.

In this episode:

• Moving from architecture to UX design
• Creativity as self-expression
• Overcoming the language barrier
• The benefits of an interactive teacher-led course
• Coming out of your comfort zone as a teaching assistant
• Pros and cons of not being a non-native speaker
• Looking for your first UX job as an immigrant
• and much more!

Shownotes

Dorsa Mokhtari

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorsa-mokhtari/

https://www.dorsamokhtari.com/

@ux_land on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/ux_land/

General Assembly

https://generalassemb.ly/

Show credits

Illustrations by Isa Vicente

https://www.instagram.com/isadezgz/

Music by Brad Porter

https://prtr.co/

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