What a blast it was to record this episode with Alisa! I hope you guys absolutely love it!
Alisa has an undergraduate degree in math and philosophy and a master’s degree in teaching. Last year Alisa transitioned from teaching to UX design and she’s currently with Microsoft EDU in Seattle working on a really cool OneNote Education product for teachers and students.
We talked about her journey and what she learned along the way. We also discussed why exactly having a mentor (or mentors) from your industry is very important to success.
Alisa also recommended a few resources and books that helped her get started and move forward. The links to all of them are in the episode notes below.
I can’t wait for you guys to listen to this! This is a really awesome episode!
Tune in!
Notes:
Hexagon UX — UX Mentorship organization
Hacking STEM — Blog of the Hacking STEM team at Microsoft
Books:
Information Architecture
Understanding Context
About Face: Essentials of Interaction Design
Fooled By Randomness
Skin In The Game
Episode #21 - Jeffrey Boadi and I get to know each other, talk all things plant based and healthy lifestyle
Episode #20 - Deep Conversation with Sarbjeet Johal on the Landscape and Future of Cloud
Episode #18 - Tom Chaffin on Following the Passion for UX Later in the Career
Episode #17 - A Real Story of Pivoting from Account Marketing Career to UX
Episode #16 - Dark UX Patterns: Deep and Philosophical Discussion with Doug Collins and Pavel Samsonov
Episode #15 - How I Dodged A Bullet Twice in One Month by Not Getting Hired by Two Different Companies
Episode #14 - How to Think About the Product in Terms of What Problem It Really Solves
Episode #13 - A Solid Real Life Example of Focusing on the End Goal from a Lean Training I Took
Episode #12 - What's The Difference Between Product Manager and Product Owner?
Episode #11 - Can UX Designer become a Product Owner and other career options for UXers
Episode #10 - A seasoned developer tells us about the benefits of Extreme Programming, Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, Collective Code Ownership, and more.
Episode #9 - UX designer from Bloomberg on how to make Agile better for design, product role evolution, keeping things simple, Microsoft's design advantage and more.
Episode #8 - Gaming: why today's games are easier than before, what may happen to Fortnite, and more.
Episode #7 - Going down the rabbit hole of product design and organizational roles with Joe Natoli
Episode #6 – Colorado: why it’s so expensive and so awesome, job market, cute resort towns, and more
Episode #5 – Learning from UX failures, how to negotiate the right to do your job and more
Episode #4 - What the X is the ROI of UX? (it's more than 1X)
Episode #3 - Current state of crypto, is it investable, how blockchain works, and more.
I narrate my own ebook "Create A Start"
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Insight Story: Tech Trends Unpacked
Zero-Shot
Fast Forward by Tomorrow Unlocked: Tech past, tech future
Black Wolf Feed (Chapo Premium Feed Bootleg)
Bannon`s War Room