You’re back to square one, yet now you don’t have your old but awesome colleagues, as your commute is a bit further you’ve lost some of your routines, and although your new desk setup at home is sleek, you recognize that the slack group labeled “general” is just not as fun as it used to be.
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We can’t continue the narrative that all businesses are suffering right now, it’s 2021 - you’re going to have to do one better than what everyone else is doing. As individuals, you’re going to have to learn more about what you’re doing, selling, promoting so that in-store, outside or wherever you are, you are domain expert so when people “step into your office” - they know and you know “You got this!”
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In reality, though, all specs are not made equal and in fact, some are terribly written. Most of the time not fully describing what you'll actually be doing, because let's face it, as a UXer and not dissimilar with any design discipline that involves figuring things out, you'll be tasked to do just that "Figure things out".
Read MoreIf you could redesign the schooling system, what would you include that you were never taught?
13 years ago I finished school, and 13 years ago I wished I could see "A day in the life of" for every occupation that existed at the time. This would have given me a glimpse into the reality that is the workplace environment that people don't know until they know! (I feel like that's where mid-life crises come from)
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