Designer Sushi podcast is about the everyday life of a UX designer through the perspectives of two career switcher UX designers that have a shared lived experience in Japan. UX Design is a hot industry and popular among people that are looking to transition from their previous careers. But it also comes with struggles especially when you’re working in a different country. This show will give an insider look at our UX career where we discuss our wins, growth, and challenges as we navigate our new career. We also talk about our experience working in Japan and how that can also be an added obstacle as a foreigner working in the UX industry.
Our aim is to have authentic UX conversations and discuss our international work experience so that we can inspire those that want to pursue UX, to work abroad, or for UX Designers to relate to our journey! So have your favorite nigiri on hand and enjoy!
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Designer Sushi podcast is about the everyday life of a UX designer through the perspectives of two career switcher UX designers that have a shared lived experience in Japan. UX Design is a hot industry and popular among people that are looking to transition from their previous careers. But it also comes with struggles especially when you’re working in a different country. This show will give an insider look at our UX career where we discuss our wins, growth, and challenges as we navigate our new career. We also talk about our experience working in Japan and how that can also be an added obstacle as a foreigner working in the UX industry.
Our aim is to have authentic UX conversations and discuss our international work experience so that we can inspire those that want to pursue UX, to work abroad, or for UX Designers to relate to our journey! So have your favorite nigiri on hand and enjoy!
Welcome to Season 2 of Designer Sushi! First off, we’d like to make a huge apology to our listeners for the delay in releasing the new episodes. Life got in the way for both of us and Designer Sushi had to take a back seat. But now that 20% of 2023 has gone by, we really wanted to get the ball rolling to release more episodes for you! 🚀
This episode was inspired by Mikah and Lori having discussions with friends in the industry if they felt prepared to work in UX after their education (self-study and boot camp). We both felt there was a huge learning curve we encountered as we started our first UX jobs. 😵💫
We hope this episode will help UX or Product Designers that are starting out in their career to get a real-life perspective on what they might encounter as they transition from being a student to working professionally in UX.
Some topics we talked about:
•We never followed the cookie-cutter design process that was taught in our education in our working experience
•We didn’t have practical experience in a collaboration environment (working with developers and product managers)
•We needed more practice with the UI and visual design skills
•The similarities/differences between self-study and boot camp education in how we felt prepared for the real job
Connect with us:
Instagram: @designer.sushi
Twitter: @DesignerSushi
Resources:
The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide by Leah Buley
Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams
Designer Sushi
Designer Sushi podcast is about the everyday life of a UX designer through the perspectives of two career switcher UX designers that have a shared lived experience in Japan. UX Design is a hot industry and popular among people that are looking to transition from their previous careers. But it also comes with struggles especially when you’re working in a different country. This show will give an insider look at our UX career where we discuss our wins, growth, and challenges as we navigate our new career. We also talk about our experience working in Japan and how that can also be an added obstacle as a foreigner working in the UX industry.
Our aim is to have authentic UX conversations and discuss our international work experience so that we can inspire those that want to pursue UX, to work abroad, or for UX Designers to relate to our journey! So have your favorite nigiri on hand and enjoy!
