Tag: ux career

  • Leap of Faith: Fulltime Freelance

    Leap of Faith: Fulltime Freelance

    How do you feel about a taking a leap of faith? It makes me nervous because it has come back to bite me more often than not, professionally and personally. And yet, often it is the only way to really break a cycle. Here’s The Deal One of my UX peers has been freelancing over…

  • Stressing  Out

    Stressing Out

    New Job Last week I accepted an offer to return to my former job at 3M. It is bittersweet in a number of ways, but mostly bitter. I won’t be returning at the same level I left. Instead, I’ll be at the very bottom of the ladder and have to work my way up.  I…

  • Untitled No. 1

    Untitled No. 1

    One of my problems is that I’m always taking on too many projects, and today is no different. In recognition of this problem, recently I attempted to wrap up one of my projects, the Fender Coronado II rebuild. It took several hours to correctly solder and stuff the electronic guts into the body, but I…

  • UX Career Journey Pt. 7

    UX Career Journey Pt. 7

    Over the weekend I recorded and uploaded a new video documenting the progress on my UX Career Journey. Jobs continue to be scarce and I find myself diving more into freelance and passion projects as time allows. The biggest update is that I am studying for the Series 65 License. So that’s something. Watch the…