Questions related to career development in UX related fields.
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As a programmer, how do I move into User Experience Design?
I've been a developer for over 6 years, mainly working in the web context, and generally distributed applications, services, and also front-facing apps. I got into programming originally through ...
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11answers
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How much should a UX professional know about front-end development?
Apologies if this is too much of a fuzzy question, I was wondering what people's thoughts were regarding the level of front-end development knowledge a UX professional (Experience Architect, Usability ...
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What 5 things must I do to become a well-rounded, progressive UX Designer in my career?
I am a fledgling Web Designer, seeking to make myself into a UX / Interaction Designer. I am working on a degree (at my local University, Utah Valley University) in Digital Media (I don't believe they ...
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6answers
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Do I have the skills for UX?
I will soon be graduating with a BS in computer science with a focus in HCI. My goal is to land a job in the realm of user experience, but I'm not sure where I stand with regards to my experience and ...
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Getting into UX as a CS graduate
I'm graduating from university next summer and I'd like to go into a UX/usability/interaction design job, but my degree is a straight BSc Computer Science. What can I do to convince people that I'm ...
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How do you describe what you do?
When meeting new people, I'm often asked about my job. However, I've found that outside (and to an extent, within) the app and web development industry, UX is still rather new and not understood.
If ...
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5answers
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Is user experience a job position?
What I meant by my question was is user experience a stand alone job position, or is it a technical or artistic position that uses some principles of user experience design?
The reason I ask is ...
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9answers
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Tips for a brand new UX consultant? [closed]
Next month, I'm fortunate enough to be starting a new job as a UX consultant at an agency. I'm straight out of an university and this is my first UX job, so, I was wondering if you have any tips for ...
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6answers
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How to get into accessibility consulting?
I’m a totally blind software developer who does mostly server side programming. I’ve had some experience with section 508 assessments and am an experienced screen reader user. While I have a full time ...
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1answer
759 views
How do I improve my visual design skills?
I am a novice UX designer and I am fairly comfortable with information architecture, interaction design, and creating mockups (low, med., and high). But when it comes to creating the actual UI, I have ...
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1answer
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What successful/well known companies have a VP UX? [closed]
I want to research companies who value UX so much that they have their own executive arm within the company.
I've found these companies so far:
Wells Fargo
Yahoo
Intuit
Google
TiVo
Palm
Ebay
SAP
...
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3answers
147 views
What good mentoring programmes are there? [closed]
For people looking to get into UX, what mentoring programmes are out there? Have you tried any and if so, what were/are they like?
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What is the difference between a UX Designer and a Product Manager?
The title is pretty self explanatory, but the context is that a new project with a small team will need the work of a product manager and the work of doing the UX both to get done. The company ...
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8answers
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Participant recruitment agencies - recommendations [closed]
Can anyone recommend a good recruitment agency for sourcing participants for UT?
I've used Saros, Criteria and Qualtel recently (London / South East England), they've all been OK, but I thought it'd ...
9
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3answers
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Does a developer need a book resource for UX design or just get information from articles, websites?
I'm a java developer and in the last few years I've been doing more and more gui coding and design with Ajax toolkits. I've seen a real need to improve my skills with CSS and javascript in wanting to ...
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3answers
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Facing the Challenges of Working Beyond Job Titles/Descriptions
As preached by The Elements of UX, Nine Pillars of Successful Web Teams, and Matt; UX Design is needed in all phases of product and service delivery. Job titles and descriptions formally define what ...
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5answers
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Is it alright to use mockups to build a portfolio?
I graduated with a B.S in Information Science. As I went through university, I realized that I was interested in HCI and usability. However, I did not have much material that would be relevant to ...
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2answers
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What are various Senior UX Expert job roles and path forward? [closed]
As one moves higher in the career ladder, what job roles does a Senior User Experience expert (incl. of specialization in information design, interaction design or similar designation tags) get ...
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4answers
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How to transition from Technical Writing to Usability/User Experience and pick up the necessary skills to build an entry level portfolio?
I don't have a formal degree in fields related to UX, although I've picked up good number of books and keep myself updated with UX blogs. They have proven to be the bulk of my UX knowledge so far ...
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9answers
248 views
What can I do now without schooling to get me experienced in UX? [closed]
I'm out of school for the summer then I start community college, I do not want to waste time. Is there anything I can do to gain knowledge and experience? I doubt I can score an internship without any ...
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1answer
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How should I go about finding a UX mentor?
There seems to be a lot of evidence that having a mentor is crucial to career success and even more important when transitioning between careers. I've read that social networking sites - twitter & ...
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3answers
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Am I too late to become a user experience designer [duplicate]
I am a 26 years old graphic designer. My way into design industry was a kind of detour. I only did a half-year course for a certificate IV in graphic design after I finished my Bachelor degree in ...
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4answers
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How do you best present yourself in a UX job interview?
We have had great questions and answers around looking for and interviewing a UX candidate, but I would like to know about the other side of the table as I have an interview coming up and this would ...
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3answers
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Credentials and reasonable expectations for a software developer moving into UX design?
I have been a software developer for the past 5+ years and am considering switching to a role that is less focused on coding/development. UX design is one of the paths I am considering.
My two most ...
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Career building: mentoring, volunteering, and/or networking? [closed]
Since there are lots of questions on UXExchange about career choices, I thought I'd pass along this article, Developing a usable career path, by UPA board member, Robert Skrobe. In it, he writes: ...
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1answer
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How to break into the field of HCI?
Before you make a remark of this has been asked over and again, let me point out that I have done my research -
Do I have the skills for UX?
As a programmer, how do I move into UX?
Getting into ...
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2answers
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Could Human factors degree help a Computer Scientist?
I'm wrapping up a masters in CS and already have half the credit hours needed for a degree in Human Factors. I just recently discovered how useful understanding about cognition can help someone that ...
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3answers
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Developer with HCI background studying graphic design
I'm thinking about going to design school for a year, studying graphic design.
I want to get work as a UX designer/researcher, with the possibility of day to day activities like user research, user ...
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3answers
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How can I collect and archive my sketches?
In the course of my short UX careear, I've accumulated a hefty pile of sketches from apps I designed. I know it's a good practice to save those sketches, for your portfolio.
My questions are:
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2answers
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Can I become a mobile ui designer without any IT background?
I am being encouraged to be a mobile UI designer by my hubby.
I have 20 yrs of elementary teaching experience.
How can I achieve it?
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4answers
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How fatal is it to a UX designer if they tend to need *full* control over their design process, and not have other major contributors into the design?
Another way of putting this question is: How friendly is a UX career to a person that has a hard time allowing multiple "cooks" in the creation of a design?
Is it not really a problem, because UX ...
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Which one has more career opportunities: web usability or web accessibility?
I'm wondering which one will be more valuable and have more career opportunities. Web usability or web accessibility. Please show statistics or any valid information if possible.
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Would doing freelance usability testing help me learn more about UX?
I am looking into joining the following services:
UserFeel - (http://www.userfeel.com/)
Analysia - (http://www.analysia.com/Index.asp)
I want to make some income on the side while looking for more ...
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1answer
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What makes a great user experience portfolio?
I'm in the middle of a job search. I came up from a development (both front and backend) background and have done quite a bit of UX work.
The biggest problem I'm facing in putting my portfolio ...
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Can a developer be a designer? [closed]
I hope this is the place of my question, if not, please just point the best place for it. I'd like to know if a programmer can be a designer or kinda styler that takes care about CSS styling. Or ...
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Can a salesperson be a good UX designer, as compared to who are not? [closed]
Can a salesperson be a good UX designer, as compared to who are not?
I just want to know, if a person who knows how to play with users mind, OR read the users mind would be a good UX designer as ...
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What is a good way of figuring out what to charge hourly for freelance UX work? [closed]
I am trying to figure out how much a junior and senior level UX experts charges an hour for freelance work.
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1answer
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Interested in becoming a UI designer [closed]
I currently working as a Sr.Art Director in advertising agency. I want to get into User Interface design space. What am I supposed to do? Will appreciate if anyone can let me know if there are any ...
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1answer
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Is there a job board for UX designer? [closed]
Is there a niche job board for User Experience practitioners?
I know there are Mashable Jobs and Mediabistro which is not only on UX. Is there a job board for UX alone?
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What are the qualities / skills should an User Interface (UI) designer possess? [closed]
1. What are the qualities / skills should an User Interface (UI) designer possess?
2. Please let me know the weightage (Out of 100%) of having Javascript and Jquery skills in UI designer?
Example: ...
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1answer
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Programmer wanting to go more into front-end and UI development [closed]
I've just come out of an interview that I believe didn't go as well as what I expected it to. And I find my self now somewhat confused as to where I want to go with my career. Besides feeling quite ...
