Surviving UX

Does anyone really use the design process? Are designers just a bottleneck? Is it so terrible to put lipstick on a pig? Jessamyn and Meg answer questions from designers in agony.

How do you tell your boss you're pregnant? What if everyone on your team is single and you're expecting? Can you breastfeed on conference calls? This week Meg and Jessamyn chat with guest host, Nidhi, an anonymous UXer and mom, about pregnancy and maternity leave during your UX career.

How can you figure out what other designers are making? Is there any hope of staying ethical in your design practice? How can you make waves on your team using "soft resistance" ala Richmond Y. Wong? Jessamyn & Meg talk to Associate Professor Lynn Dombrowski from Indiana University - Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI), who fell in love with design while she was learning to code. Find Lynn at www.lynndombrowski.com and https://twitter.com/lynndombrowski

How do you squeeze blood from a stone...or requirements from your product manager? Are hackathons ever worth the time? How do you respond when your collaboration partner is a dud?

What happens when you get a design job without a design background? How do you deal with poor usability issues when everyone else just wants to launch? What do you do when that stakeholder wants another round of revisions? Join Jessamyn Edwards, Meg Cramer, and our special guest Laura Martin for a conversation about surviving these UX design scenarios and some design lingo you can use in your next meeting.