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Tech layoffs: 12 ways to actually help job seekers

As of mid-May 2023, we are almost 15 months into a grim trend of mass tech layoffs happening primarily in the United States. If you're...

[Podcast interview] Amy Santee talks UX careers on UX+1 with Corey Nelson & Antonio Ruberto

Thanks to my buddy Corey Nelson and co-host Antonio Ruberto for inviting me onto their show UX+1 to discuss several of my favorite topics...

🦉 Birdathon 2023 fundraiser for bird and habitat conservation 🦆

For the second year in a row, I am excited to take part in the Portland Audubon Society's annual Birdathon fundraiser for wildlife care,...

Create UXR Career Opportunities & Build Community on LinkedIn workshop recording, $99

My LinkedIn deep dive workshop into LinkedIn content creation, community engagement & career development, is now available for purchase...

The mass tech layoffs are bad news for academics transitioning to UXR (but not all is lost)

It breaks my heart to say this, but now is not a good time for academics who want to go into user experience research. In 2022, I worked...

Employer-worker power dynamics and return-to-office mandates

There's a new but totally predictable trend in corporate America: return-to-office mandates for tech workers. Millions of people have...

101 ways to get into UX research

Are you interested in becoming a UX researcher, but don’t know where to start? Luckily there is no shortage of useful, legit, and...

Do your future self a solid by keeping a running list of literally everything you do at work

Every Friday afternoon at my last in-house job (we're talking 4+ years ago now), I took 10 minutes to summarize everything I had worked...

[Podcast interview] Low Fidelity: Unleash Your Mindset with Rizwan Javaid

Rizwan Javaid, Senior UX Designer and host of the podcast Low Fidelity: Unleash Your Mindset, invited me to chat with him about...

2022 coaching year in review

At the end of every year, I like to geek out with an annual business analysis and review to understand how I spent my time and energy,...

IDEAS: Top 10 blog posts of 2022

I've been writing publicly since 2011, when I began blogging about my career journey, starting with my transition from academia to UX. I...

What the heck are “actionable insights” anyway? 3 UX researchers on business language for academics

I asked three UX researchers (and past clients) to share the biggest adjustment they experienced transitioning from academia into UX. I'm...

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