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Career management is needed for all levels because seeing the path of others before you helps set your journey. Mentorship has shaped much of my career in very positive ways, and can do the same for you. You just finished reading What to Look for in a UX Mentor: Five Tips! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post What to Look for in a UX Mentor: Five Tips appeared first on Usability Counts.

One task that pained me early on while teaching was watching students scour the Internet for templates they could use to do user research, create site maps, and record usability tests -- especially documents that could be used by using free collaborative tools. So I created my own. You just finished reading Download Free User Experience Templates to Use! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Download Free User Experience Templates to Use appeared first on

Design thinking is more framework and less process. It is a set of guideposts so you have a pretty good idea of where you going, and can adjust when it's appropriate. You just finished reading What to Answer Before Designing Anything! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post What to Answer Before Designing Anything appeared first on Usability Counts.

You’ve heard all the nightmares: it rains all the time, the traffic is really bad, Microsoft and Amazon dominate the job market, the male to female ratio is so bad the dating scene isn’t, yadda yadda. However, if you’re one of the California natives that can work through some of these, read on. You just finished reading Six Tips Before Moving to Seattle as a UX Professional! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Six Tips Before Moving to Seattle as a UX Professional ap

Interviewing presents incredible opportunities where designers can take control of the interview. Run the interview preparation through the user experience process, and you’ll be ahead of the pack every time. You just finished reading The UX Interview: How to Crush It! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post The UX Interview: How to Crush It appeared first on Usability Counts.

Responsive design is a buzzword in User Experience. Adoption is moving at blazing speed. Designers are blogging all kinds of advice about what mobile strategy we should follow. But really, mobile first for everything? You just finished reading Your Mobile Design Strategy: Responsive, Adaptive, Native, or Not At All?! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Your Mobile Design Strategy: Responsive, Adaptive, Native, or Not At All? appeared first on

How to build a great user experience design portfolio and tell stories that get you hired. By Troy Parke and Patrick Neeman, presented at the Seattle Information Architecture & User Experience Meetup December 10, 2013. Thank you Misty Melissa Weaver for inviting us! You just finished reading UX Portfolios: How To Tell Your Story! Consider […] You just finished reading UX Portfolios: How To Tell Your Story! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post UX Portfolios: How To Tell Your Story appeared fir

Watching people build their ideas is a wonderful experience. I've gone through Startup Weekend myself: I participated in the Los Angeles 2009 event, and learned a lot about working with a team in a time compressed environment. You just finished reading Startup Weekend: Five Tips How to Ship! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Startup Weekend: Five Tips How to Ship appeared first on Usability Counts.

Yup, that’s about right. You just finished reading Infographic: So You Want to Do a Startup! Consider leaving a comment!Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide You just finished reading Infographic: So You Want to Do a Startup! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Infographic: So You Want to Do a Startup appeared first on Usability Counts.

Thank you for all those attended this session at Product Camp Seattle 2013. You just finished reading Dogs & Cats: How Product Managers Can Work Better with UX Designers! Consider leaving a comment!Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide You just finished reading Dogs & Cats: How Product Managers Can Work Better with UX Designers! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Dogs & Cats: How Product Managers Can Work Better