Surviving UX

Do you edit your presentation in front of your audience? Schedule meetings and then forget to attend? Jiggle your mouse while you're away? Meg and Jessamyn weigh in on more terrible work habits from UXers.

Do you watch reality TV while you work? Are you the person who pipes up right before a meeting ends? Is doing your nails at your desk a productivity hack? Meg and Jessamyn celebrate terrible work habits.

How long is too long to spend polishing a deliverable? How do you motivate special snowflakes to use a design system? Meg and Jessamyn wonder if summer is even fun anymore. Episode transcripts are now available at https://survivingux.libsyn.com/site/about.

Are you stagnating if you don't want to be a manager? How do you work for a manger who doesn't see your strengths? Is anyone still making friends at work? Jessamyn and Meg talk to best friends and UX dream team, designer and illustrator Priya Shetye and user researcher Whitney Patel.

What's it like to ditch UX design and take on a new role at your company? How do you get it together to write a UX book? Are UX skills relevant outside of work? Meg and Jessamyn speak to Jim Kalbach, Chief Evangelist at MURAL.

Could you run a startup with your spouse? What's the first ritual to go after you leave the corporate world? How do you break bad news to your clients? Meg and Jessamyn speak with Jill Christ, UX research consultant.

How much time should you give companies to interview you? How do you get away from home while working at home? In this job market, is it better to cling to your raft or jump ship? Jessamyn welcomes and bids farewell to Dvir Adler, UX designer at AWS.

Why do veterans make good UXers? How much whining can a design ops person tolerate? Why can't I be a special design snowflake? Jessamyn and Meg talk to Drew Nevins, UX program manager at AWS.

Is it even possible to be an artist and a designer? Is it better to bounce around or stay at the same company for a long time? Jessamyn and Meg welcome Brian Conery, Head of UI design at CISION.

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Medium articles:

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How can we light a fire under an unmotivated designer? Why can't our design teams be a bunch of mini-mes? What's the biggest difference between West Coast and East Coast designers? Jessamyn and Meg talk to Jessica Schafer, UX lead at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.