PinnedBootcamp student to Product designerAfter a year of working full-time, I wanted to look back at my journey as a career switcher to being settled in my career. — Here are the 4 stages of my transition: Bootcamp Search Designlab + Training Job Search Full-Time Work + Ongoing Training 1. Bootcamp Search Before paying some big bucks on a bootcamp, I did a thorough bootcamp comparison. You can read about my findings here. Ultimately I decided on Designlab and still feel the course provides the right training to challenge a…UX Design6 min readUX Design6 min read
Jan 12, 2021Offering Figma Tutoring to New DesignersWhat was meant to be a test of how well I knew Figma, turned out to be an opportunity to connect with young designers and share a range of beginner knowledge with people just starting their journey of UX. From Dec. 26th — Jan. 9th, I set-up a Calendly to…Figma4 min readFigma4 min read
Dec 22, 2020Designing for the Adobe XD Daily Creative ChallengesAfter watching a session on Adobe XD at the Adobe Max conference, I realized that their program has a lot more features and functionality than some product designers have given it credit for. As a Designlab student, I’ve been urged to use Figma or Sketch for most assignments. I consider…Adobe Xd4 min readAdobe Xd4 min read
Oct 1, 2020How my sales experience made me a better product designerBefore transitioning into the world of UX design, I worked in sales for nearly 6 years. My longest role was as a sales representative for a yearbook publishing company. Schools were paying for our printing service and design software, but they would decisively buy me as their sales rep for…Sales4 min readSales4 min read
Aug 11, 2020Three tricks on Figma (I wish someone told me)If you’re like me, you like to learn by doing when trying a new program. I’ll click around on everything and progressively learn all the cool features. Some things take longer to figure out and are not as intuitive, but can be really useful. …Figma3 min readFigma3 min read
Jul 20, 2020Comparing UX Courses & Why I chose DesignlabAs the lockdown for COVID-19 closed down local businesses, my job as a marketing salesperson started to fall apart. At the end of April, I quit my job and decided to pursue a new career in the field of user experience design. After a quick search, I realized there’s a…UX Design6 min readUX Design6 min read
