The document describes how a developer became a UX designer through various experiences over his career. It shows his career progression from 2001 when he built Java applets to 2009 when he took on a lead developer and UX designer role. Key influences included books on UX design, a HCI master's program, and involvement in the UX community. This inspired a shift in his thinking from only building technology to defining overall user experiences.
4. What my CV looks like-ish
2001 Built Java Applets
2002 App/Web Dev
2004 Senior Dev
2009 Lead Dev + UX Designer
2010 UX Designer
5. What my CV looks like-ish
2001 Built Java Applets
2002 App/Web Dev
2004 Senior Dev
2009 Lead Dev + UX Designer
2010 UX Designer
Doesn’t explain journey
6. 2001 Built Java Applets
2002 App/Web Dev
2004 Senior Dev
2009 Lead Dev + UX Designer
2010 UX Designer
Latent Aspirations
7. 1993 Wannabe Comic Artist
2001 Built Java Applets
2002 App/Web Dev
2004 Senior Dev
2009 Lead Dev + UX Designer
2010 UX Designer
Latent Aspirations
8. 1993 Wannabe Comic Artist
1998 Founded a College Newsletter
2001 Built Java Applets
2002 App/Web Dev
2004 Senior Dev
2009 Lead Dev + UX Designer
2010 UX Designer
Latent Aspirations
9. 1993 Wannabe Comic Artist
1998 Founded a College Newsletter
2001 Built Java Applets
2002 App/Web Dev
2004 Senior Dev
2005 – 2008 Freelance Print Designer
2009 Lead Dev + UX Designer
2010 UX Designer
Latent Aspirations
27. Telling Stories
Learning that design doesn’t exist on its own
28. “Glue Thinking” Everything Holds Together
Mantra Make things “Stick”
Get people high
29. Thanks
Get in touch - @jaremfan
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I had all these latent aspirations. I wanted to create amazing experiences for people.\n
I had all these latent aspirations. I wanted to create amazing experiences for people.\n
I had all these latent aspirations. I wanted to create amazing experiences for people.\n
I ended up thinking I was actually designing web applications, but I was just building it.\nThere must be a way to do things better.\n
I ended up thinking I was actually designing web applications, but I was just building it.\nThere must be a way to do things better.\n
I tried to fill the slide with all the books I read but it got too tedious and gave up halfway\n
1998 – 2000ish\nThen I went on to software books, and just focused on building web apps for a long time, until…\n
I had an epiphany – the world was changing around me, very fast.\nI wanted to find out what made good software good… and it wasn’t about the technology.\n
About Face 3 had a software approach that was different, but practical.\nI managed to convince my line manager to let me do user research and apply Alan’s method.\nMy first attempt wasn’t the best, but it got me started and I was hooked.\nI actually blame Alan Cooper for changing my life.\n