Becoming a UX researcher: my experience and things I’ve learned along the way | by Tatiana Vlahovic | UX Collective

At the time I wrote this post, I was on the User Experience (UX) Research Team at Udemy (a global online teaching and learning marketplace), and prior to that, I was a UX researcher at Facebook. I…

Becoming a UX researcher: my experience and things I’ve learned along the way Tatiana Vlahovic 6 min read · Dec 24, 2017 -- 6 Listen Share Press enter or click to view image in full size Image by TheDigitalArtist via Pixabay At the time I wrote this post, I was on the User Experience (UX) Research Team at Udemy (a global online teaching and learning marketplace), and prior to that, I was a UX researcher at Facebook . I love the field of UX research, and I frequently receive questions about how I got into UX research and what one can do to prepare for a UX research career. Here I share a high-l

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