The Parallels to the 90s.bomb Crisis

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Alexa, there's a lot to take away from that story. I couldn't help but think about the parallels to the 90s.bomb crisis. That's when I had just started my career 99 and I got a good year into my career when everything blew up except Amazon. Right? The biggest problem that we experienced then was the buzzwords. And so all these VCs were investing a ton of money into ideas that weren't tested,. They didn't find out whether somebody actually needed or wanted this thing before they just built it and spent millions of dollars. It is totally possible to be a genius. We know Steve Jobs was that way too.

Alexa Roman motivates us to prove the value of design and contribute to it every single day. She encourages us to always be learning new things since designers work across many different fields. She inspires us to get more excited about analytics and measuring our designs. She also challenges us to think about what we want on our tombstones...while we’re still this side up.

Secret Identity (7:49)
Origin Story (12:42)
What Will Your Tombstone Say? (19:25)
Biggest Failure (21:50)
Design Superpower (29:40)
How Important is Aesthetics? (35:52)
Awkward Testing Story (48:49)
Design Kryptonite (55:23)
UX Superhero Name (63:59)
Designing with Data (64:30)
Habit of Success (70:09)
Invincible Resource (71:39)
Recommended Book (73:28)
Best Advice (74:48)

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