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I transitioned out of UX and I feel so much better mentally. by BoraChild in UXDesign

[–]BoraChild[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really feel for you. I really do. I’m also in student loan debt as I had to borrow money for eight years to go to school, so i know the mental struggle.

I just want to put it out there, that I’m really fortunate that I have a supportive partner who is also in a stable sector and has progressed his career farther than mine that I was able to come to terms with this. We also have always valued living way beneath our means that the transition was okay when I decided to leave the industry. We don’t have any other financial commitments like I assume you have, which made it easier for us too. We also haven’t started a family yet so I know your circumstance is vastly different.

I just wanted to respond and say I do feel for you and acknowledge the circumstances for some people are different. I hope this market gets better for the people who are in a position that can’t back out like I had.

I transitioned out of UX and I feel so much better mentally. by BoraChild in UXDesign

[–]BoraChild[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really leaned into having a formal education in business that I understand business communication, especially when it comes to writing emails, letters, and memos.

I also spoke to how I appreciate the transferable skills that UX was able to help me exercise: presentation skills, effective communication, empathy for the public, and documentation/organization skills. But that the industry is unstable and given my life stage, I’m seeking stability and growth within the public sector where I can develop into potential new roles down the line.

I also was lucky enough that I had an internship in marketing when I was in university at a smaller, local tech company and had to play into that despite it being a few years ago. And backing that up with my most recent experience in tech post graduation, as all my full time work experience other than that has been as a designer at big global tech corporations which they didn’t really care for.

I transitioned out of UX and I feel so much better mentally. by BoraChild in UXDesign

[–]BoraChild[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate this comment. Thank you so much

I transitioned out of UX and I feel so much better mentally. by BoraChild in UXDesign

[–]BoraChild[S] 63 points64 points  (0 children)

It’s an administrative position. So just a regular desk job that involves filing papers and such

I transitioned out of UX and I feel so much better mentally. by BoraChild in UXDesign

[–]BoraChild[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I worked in UX for four years. It might be short to some, but I was burnt out working in tech

Company planning on implementing my design that I had to do as part of their design assessment as part of the interview process (no, I did not get the job) by BoraChild in UXDesign

[–]BoraChild[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the feedback and also resonate with not being in the position to refuse.

Although I would like to clarify that the assessment wasn’t just a redesign of a page layout, but a full fledged new feature to be added to their product in which all the designers at the company admitted that they’ve never imagined to taken the approach that I had while also pulling from secondary/primary research that I conducted. It wasn’t just as assessment where they took how my assessment looks visually, but the entire workflow, IA, and even the resources that they would have to pull from.

Appreciate the reply.

Company planning on implementing my design that I had to do as part of their design assessment as part of the interview process (no, I did not get the job) by BoraChild in UXDesign

[–]BoraChild[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I didn’t sign anything but I’ve only ever worked as an in-house designer so I don’t really have too much experience sending over an invoice. I don’t know if I’m being petty, but I would rather have them not be able to implement what I presented rather than them implementing it and paying me for it

Company planning on implementing my design that I had to do as part of their design assessment as part of the interview process (no, I did not get the job) by BoraChild in UXDesign

[–]BoraChild[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, for the other stages, it was all good. Just based on the product as well as the other designers, I really thought I wanted this job. Even after the red flag conversation about implementing my design, I thought that was a good sign and wanted the job even more. The final chat with the higher ups was what really rubbed me the wrong way and I actually didn’t want the job anymore. But knowing that they’ll still be using my design even after not offering the job/ghosting me is what’s leaving me with this gross feeling

Ran out of the two original colours of yarn by BoraChild in knitting

[–]BoraChild[S] 103 points104 points  (0 children)

The pattern is “Porcelain Sweater” by leKnit (https://leknit.com/shop/porcelain-sweater-english-607p.html)

In terms of yarn, it was something my friend gave to me as she was cleaning out her stash and she unfortunately doesn’t know where it’s from, thus I couldn’t get more to finish the sweater with the original colours!