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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...

My 2022 LinkedIn stats summary & top post

2022 was overall a good year on LinkedIn for me, and my 12th year being on the platform. I spend a decent amount of time there in the...

Coming up: LinkedIn content creation workshop, December 6th, 2022

Join me for a 2-hour interactive workshop on how to use LinkedIn to create career opportunities and build community, hosted by Curiosity...

Tech layoff trends and resources, and what to do if it happens to you

As of November 20th, 2022, there have been a staggering 136,989 employees laid off from 849 tech companies since the start of the year....

Academia good, industry bad

For decades, professors in the social sciences and humanities have chastised graduates for working in the private sector, specifically in...

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