Sally Kohn: I have a listener question that kind of touches a little bit on this and you know, in kind of being able to be real in how you kind of explain your story. But I feel like this is an interesting question related to kind of how to do those callouts like you said. And this person on Twitter, she responded, her name is Catherine and her handle is at cat J. when and she asked. Hi Sarah, for someone starting out of school, what's the best way to demonstrate your knowledge and your thinking slash design process? Right. She says if you are just coming out of any education program, one of the challenges is that you probably haven
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)
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