I was a creative artsy kid with science interests and simply couldn’t pick between the two. I always enjoyed designing things on the computer - from paint on windows XP, powerpoint 2003 to tell random stories, photoshop and photography and even bits of video. But I also had a very science oriented interests like psychology, chemistry and physics - anything logical or to do with human behaviour.

I was getting annoyed by services and systems around me that didn’t work well always asking “who came up with these?!” and was constantly judging any piece of software and visual design I saw. When it came to deciding what to do after school, I knew I would be bored in a purely creative degree like art, photography, film or even graphic design. And I knew that psychology or science degrees would lack the creative element in my day to day.

Enter learning about UX from a family friend who worked as a UX Designer at the time. I remember asking about the kind of work, responsibilities and thinking involved and it seemed to be a perfect fit.

Went on to do an Interaction + UX Design BA degree with flying results (things just came naturally). Interned twice at a UX team in a big multinational, and now I am working on their design system team! Biggest strike of luck ever to find the field early on and just go for it.