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Things I learned while growing as a 
UX Designer

Things I learned while growing as a 
UX Designer

A little introduction to my job as UX design and things I learned over the last 10 years (and wish I new before) that helped me grow as a designer in tech.

Stéphanie Walter

June 16, 2021
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  1. User Researcher & Product Designer 
 Mobile expert. Pixel &

    CSS Lover stephaniewalter.design @WalterStephanie 🦊
  2. Love for design, art, computer & languages Foreign Languages Bachelor

    (LEA) Webdesign and 
 Foreign Languages Master (CAWEB)
  3. Ask why, 5 times helps dig further and closer to

    actual user and client needs 3.
  4. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t get to do a

    lot of user research right away. Maybe try collecting indirect data 4.
  5. Many of the user research methods & tools we use

    can help us build services beyond digital UIs. 6.
  6. As long as I have a solid plan, I know

    I can improvise and it’s going to be fine. 7.
  7. UX design is not about making things pretty, yet this

    is hard to understand for other people, especially in super dev driven environments. UX design is not about making things pretty, yet this is hard to understand for other people, especially in super dev driven environments. 9.
  8. This job can be mentally exhausting, be kind to yourself,

    take breaks, 
 self-care first! 13.
  9. User Researcher & Product Designer 
 Mobile expert. Pixel &

    CSS Lover stephaniewalter.design @WalterStephanie 🦊