NN/G UX Podcast 3. UX Careers: Growing in (and out of) Your Current Role (feat. Rachel Krause, UX Specialist at NN/g)
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Oct 9, 2020 AI Snips
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From Graphic Design To UX Researcher
- Rachel Crowsey moved from a graphic design background into UX after doing web and UX work at a small company and finding mentors who let her dive into projects.
- She then built UX services at an organization with an immature UX team and later joined NN/g to research careers and scaling UX.
Diversity Fuels UX Strength
- UX attracts people from diverse backgrounds like design, library science, and psychology, creating a useful melting pot of perspectives.
- That diversity is one of UX's greatest strengths for solving complex user problems.
Horizontal Moves Can Be Real Growth
- UX career moves often look horizontal but represent specialization rather than stagnation.
- Specialists (interaction, visual, content) follow their own ladders while gaining deep domain skill instead of just moving up title ranks.