Welcome to Season 2 of Designer Sushi! First off, we’d like to make a huge apology to our listeners for the delay in releasing the new episodes. Life got in the way for both of us and Designer Sushi had to take a back seat. But now that 20% of 2023 has gone by, we really wanted to get the ball rolling to release more episodes for you! 🚀

This episode was inspired by Mikah and Lori having discussions with friends in the industry if they felt prepared to work in UX after their education (self-study and boot camp). We both felt there was a huge learning curve we encountered as we started our first UX jobs. 😵‍💫

We hope this episode will help UX or Product Designers that are starting out in their career to get a real-life perspective on what they might encounter as they transition from being a student to working professionally in UX.

Some topics we talked about:

•We never followed the cookie-cutter design process that was taught in our education in our working experience

•We didn’t have practical experience in a collaboration environment (working with developers and product managers)

•We needed more practice with the UI and visual design skills

•The similarities/differences between self-study and boot camp education in how we felt prepared for the real job

Connect with us:

Instagram: @designer.sushi

Twitter: @DesignerSushi

Resources:

1. The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide by Leah Buley
2. Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams