Surviving UX
Jessamyn Edwards & Meg Cramer
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S5E2 Investing in bonds
What does it feel like to lose everything? What's left over when you walk away from your corporate job and your dream home burns to the ground? Margot Dear faced this unthinkable scenario and has…
S5E1 Lead into Gold
What's the biggest irony of our jobs? Can maximize your productivity if you also have care tasks? How many times do you read your layoff notice? And does your manager really care when you get laid…
S4E18 Reject all
Can you take on a chatbot and win? Are you making your users do chores? Are you pumped about automatic renewal laws? Get hyped with us about UX in 2025.
S4E17 Case studies
Are you in UX for the right reasons? If you lost your job would you walk away from the UX field or fight for your passion? Do you have the stamina to apply to over 1,000 jobs? We talk to seasoned UX…
S4E16 Sophisticated naivete
Do designers have enough supervision? Can you be proactive about your destiny in this job market? And who's a worse train passenger: babies or bachelorettes? User Experience Research Leader Ben…
S4E15 Prettiest screen in the room
What proved to be most sticky from UX Y'all the TriUXPA conference? What does it take to get the tech obessesed to look up from their phones? Is there anything that can make bad team dynamics better?…
S14E19 Mini episode: UX Y'all (5 of 5)
It's the final countdown! Join us for all the conference fun 1 day before, 2 hours before, and 1 hour after our talk at UX Y'all in Raleigh.
S4E17 Mini episode: UX Y'all (4 of 5)
Nearing the finish line! Is our stress a manufactored crisis? Perhaps a Meg-ufactured one? We forge on and share reflections on the final, tired days of prep.
S14E16 Mini episode: UX Y'all (3 of 5)
We continue to collaborate on our conference talk and ponder: After all this time, how could we be learning new things about each other? What makes all this effort worth it? And, this is going to be…
S4E15 Mini episode: UX Y'all (2 of 5)
We continue to prep for UX Y'all and the rewriting and second guessing is in full swing! This week we talk about nervously crafting slides and talk tracks: What's gonna hit? What's gonna land?
S14E4 Mini episode: UX Y'all (1 of 5)
In a few short weeks Jessamyn and Meg will present at UX Y'all. Will we get the presentation done in time? Will our friendship hold out? And what is it like to get ready for such a UX professional…
S4E13 The notebook
What would you do to save your most precious notebook? Is the remote-worker promotion penalty real? How many chicken nuggets can your AI order?
S4E12 Get out of Figma
How do you move from mocks to strategy? Does anyone appreciate UX consultants? Courtney Campbell joins Surviving UX to talk about her big switch to UX strategy and why she tells designers to get out…
S4E11 Community feels
What happens when you stay at the same company for over a decade? Do you feel represented by UXPA or Figma's communities? Joshua Ledwell joins me and Meg Cramer to talk about staying put.
S4E10 Summer cold
What sets you off? Have you ever had an emotional freak out at work? Does it matter if we stay professional or is okay to cry?
S4E9 Thank you, brain!
UX research practitioner Troy Effner joins the podcast! What is work like after a dyslexia diagnosis? How might you sell your super powers to the business? And where can you look to find what…
S4E8 Surviving UX Draft
Join Meg, Jessamyn, and two special guests for the first Surviving UX Draft to determine the best ever conditions for UX design work. Laura Martin returns and Patrick Kovacich joins for draft day…
S4E7 After dark
Are you a UX saint or sinner? Do dark patterns have a place in design? Should you push back if you're asked to design "dark"?
Icebreakers
When's the last time you had the courage to look your stakeholder in the eye and put a design workshop on their calendar? Sami Lee joins us to talk about extra long coffee runs and agenda-less…
S4E5 It's not you
Tension? Boredom? Burnout? Are you stuck professionally? It's the perfect time to explore career moves with UX coach Amy Santee.
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