There are a few of them who do and few who don’t. The major case is no. Nowadays, most clients are in a rush to get their product out in the market and don’t understand the concept of delivering good experiences. With everyone getting mesmerized with jazzy and colourful interfaces floating around all over the […]
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Are UX designers tired of the heap of design jargon floating around?
Yep. And it can get to people’s nerves if someone keeps using that very heap of design jargon in their conversation. Everyone knows about the terms and names; you don’t need to keep emphasising on them to show that you’re super smart and know everything about UX. This mostly happens with people who are textbook […]
Pros and Cons of working in Corporate vs Startup as a UX/UI Designer
This is quite a common question asked by many who wants to shape their career in the field of design. The answer to this is not about finding the pros and cons in Corporate or a Startup but it is about deciding what you want to achieve as a designer. Corporate is an established system […]
Are tech startups taking UX lightly? If so, why are they?
Because for them, it’s the fancy and pretty looking UI that matters more than user experience. And the perpetual rush to get their product live. It’s not enough to be the fastest to get your product online, it’s how good the product is to use for the users. Startups feel they can neglect the experience […]
Can one person build, design, and maintain a website all on his or her own? What skills are required? Is it too huge to handle?
One person can certainly handle something like this but it all depends on how big the project it. For example, a person who is a good coder and also a designer can run and maintain a simple ecommerce site with fewer modules, features, and products and at the same time if the ecommerce site is […]
Are UX Designers becoming more common because web designers want a fancy job title?
Truth. If you happen to browse LinkedIn for the past couple of years, you will notice this trend. Graphic designers gravitate towards Visual and UI designers and Web designers call themselves UX Designers. People don’t realize that UX design is a whole different ball game; it’s not just designing cool interfaces and coding the interface […]
Do organizations value a HFI Certified Usability Analyst?
Frankly, it doesn’t make any difference. It is just another shiny certificate in a UX designer’s shelf. You don’t really need to be a certified usability analyst to understand usability. Usability is a lot to do with being practical and observing how people use and experience apps, websites and applications. Yes, organizations will value an […]
How do UX professionals tell organizations that design is more than just a pretty UI?
To communicate the UX value proposition you have to understand a few things about the business world. Since businesses are focused on hard data you will need to be able to provide cases of measurable positive value provided by UX inputs. This can be in the form of past work or through sourcing real-life examples […]
What sort of skill test should a UX Designer expect during a job interview?
Some common design challenges that a potential UX Designer could face during a job interview are: The design critique. Here you will be asked to evaluate an app, website, service in varying level of detail. This is an exercise to showcase your understanding of design, target users, how the execution is connected to the actual […]
What’s the most important user experience design principle? What’s a good UX design challenge for an interview?
This is one of these questions where the answer is not universal. There is not just one skill that would propel you to the UX design hall of fame. There are foundational skills that definitely help like being curious, conscientious, lifelong learning having empathy, being able to communicate clearly (through writing or speaking, aesthetics, being […]