Honest UX Talks

Why have mentors at all? Ioana's mentoring story Setting the goals and objectives for the mentoring Anfisa's mentoring story  TOP 6 main takeaways Sponsor 🐝 This episode is sponsored by UXtweak: a one-stop-shop for anything website-testing-related. 🔥Give it a try too with 👉 30% OFF code: ANFISA30 🔗 www.uxtweak.com Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Mento academy Bootcamp by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram

Our initial expectations from the industry So, is it an art or a science? What design stages or parts make it arty? What design stages or parts make it scientific? TOP 6 main takeaways Sponsor 🐝 This episode is sponsored by UXtweak: a one-stop-shop for anything website-testing-related. 🔥Give it a try too with 👉 30% OFF code: ANFISA30 🔗 www.uxtweak.com Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Mento academy Bootcamp by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram

Anfisa’s personal rejection story Ioana’s personal rejection story Tips on Dealing with rejection Perspective is the key TOP 6 main takeaway Sponsor 🐝 This episode is sponsored by UXtweak: a one-stop-shop for anything website-testing-related. 🔥Give it a try too with 👉 30% OFF code: ANFISA30 🔗 www.uxtweak.com Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Mento academy Bootcamp by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram

How does it feel to transition to UX without a technical background Challenges that non-technical people might face  Building and mastering tech vocabulary What can a person do in order to fill in the “gaps'' TOP 6 main takeaways Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Mento academy Bootcamp by Ioana 🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram

What are some common things that can go wrong in a UX project? What can a designer do to avoid the most common pitfalls? What have been some “failed” projects in your experience? TOP 6 main takeaways Links: 🎓 Into UX design online course by Anfisa 🎓 Mento academy Bootcamp by Ioana 📧The new email list by Anfisa. Sign up to access exclusive design events and junior job board positions 🎫 Mento academy meet-up group run by Ioana  🧡 Want to support us? Sign up here to get access to exclusive locked episodes for $0.99/mo Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 Our instagram 👩‍💻 Anfisa’s instagram 👩🏻‍💻 Ioana’s instagram

➡️Does it ever get easier to make design decisions? ➡️Why being a UX designer is so complex? ➡️Tips on dealing with the complexity of the project ➡️Complexity in different companies and roles ➡️TOP 6 main takeaways —— 🎓  Into UX design course that Anfisa run https://www.intoux.design/ —— 🎓 Mento academy boot camp the Radu and Ioana run https://www.mentodesign.academy/ ---- Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 instagram.com/honest_ux_talks 👩‍💻 instagram.com/anfisign 👩🏻‍💻 instagram.com/uxgoodies

In this episode: ➡️ Why does no one is searching for junior designers? ➡️ Strategies and ideas for find job for beginners ➡️ First design portfolio tips ➡️ What projects should you put in your first portfolio? ➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways ---- 📧The new email list by Anfisa. Sign up to access exclusive design events and junior job board positions https://bit.ly/2XXINiN ---- 🎓  Into UX design course that Anfisa run https://www.intoux.design/ —— 🎓 Mento academy bootcamp the Radu and Ioana run https://www.mentodesign.academy/ ---- Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 instagram.com/honest_ux_talks 👩‍💻 instagram.com/anfisign 👩🏻‍💻 instagram.com/uxgoodies

Out today’s guest is Radu Vucea, Product Design Manager Fitbit. You can read more about him here: raduvucea.com —— In this episode we discuss: ➡️ The biggest problems with UX Education right now ➡️ Key struggles of anyone transitioning to UX Design ➡️ Some things that help students to make the transition smoother ➡️ What UX Education need less & more of ➡️ Assessing and navigating different educational opportunities —— 🎓  Into UX design course that Anfisa run https://www.intoux.design/ —— 🎓 Mento academy Bootcamp the Radu and Ioana run https://www.mentodesign.academy/ ---- Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 instagram.com/honest_ux_talks 👩‍💻 instagram.com/anfisign 👩🏻‍💻 instagram.com/uxgoodies

In this episode: ➡️ How do we communicate our design decisions? ➡️ Communicating design decisions to various stakeholders (business, design team, development team, etc). ➡️ Aspects of communicating design decisions. ➡️ Most common design communication formats/ceremonies. ➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways. —— 📧  Email list to sign up for exclusive events access by Anfisa https://bit.ly/2VJ70Z7 —— 🎥’ UX Mentoring’ talk that Ioana mentioned https://youtu.be/cOQGY-3Sxb0 ---- Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 instagram.com/honest_ux_talks 👩‍💻 instagram.com/anfisign 👩🏻‍💻 instagram.com/uxgoodies

In this episode: ➡️ What’s empathy, actually? ➡️ Is empathy overrated like everyone says it is? ➡️ How important is empathy in design? ➡️ Sympathy vs. Empathy vs. Compassion empathy ➡️ How do we build empathy? ➡️ TOP 6 main takeaways ---- Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes. 🗂 instagram.com/honest_ux_talks 👩‍💻 instagram.com/anfisign 👩🏻‍💻 instagram.com/uxgoodies