"I don't think I would want to work for someone if they looked down at those failures because that's just the reality of design, like there are going to be failures," she says. "What was the product and company? What was the desired outcome, the problem to be solved, and how you help solve it?" She adds: "You have to be okay with letting people know about the failures"
Sarah Doody challenges us to think of our portfolio as one of the most important products we’ll ever create. She urges us to not only communicate our contributions, but to both show and tell the story of each project. In the end, she teaches us that using the right process is more than just about landing our next UX job–it will also make us better designers.
- Ideal Number of Projects (4:07)
- Lead with the Best Project (5:40)
- Alternate Portfolios (7:13)
- What a Recruiter Is Looking For Most (13:03)
- Proving Your Knowledge (15:52)
- What Does Storytelling Mean? (23:47)
- Edit Your Work (29:48)
- Do You Need a Website? (39:44)
- Build a Portfolio Quickly (49:36)
- The UX Academy (54:09)
- Best Advice (56:31)
Check out the detailed show notes including mentioned links, transcript and Eli Jorgensen’s astonishing superhero artwork at userdefenders.com/056
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