The World of UX with Darren Hood

This week, Darren concludes the conversation with UX and AI expert Yan Vishnepolsky, as they talk about such topics as Yan's most interesting discovery about AI, crazy interview stories, the state of UX today, and similarities between today's state of UX and the dot com bust. Check out this immersive session!

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This week, Darren hosts AI expert Yan Vishnepolsky. Yan tells his story about entering the worlds of UX and AI. He also shares several tips and insights about AI and how UXers can engage properly with the current wave of UX's evolution.

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In today's UX circles, newcomers to the discipline are encouraged to send cold requests to experienced people for assistance and/or jobs. This is done without sensitivity and empathy towards those receiving the requests and people think it's normal. It's time for this type of behavior to end. In this episode, Darren takes time to explain one such interaction, the social inappropriateness associated with such requests, AND what should be done instead. Tune in for the exposé and to understand what's actually being enabled in our community!

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This week, Darren revisits the UX hiring landscape topic, itemizing and analyzing the dysfunction, inequitably, and incivility reflected in many of today job rejection notices. Tune in for a revealing breakdown of an actual rejection email and the messages people aren't supposed to gauge.

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This week, Darren revisits the topic of UX Kool-aid, exposing five additional points of interest: Design systems, artificial intelligence, faux educational resources, the Ph.D. to UX movement, and blind embracing of imposter syndrome. You can't judge a book by its cover. Up for the challenge of facing some truth bombs? Tune in for the details.

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It has been said that the years a UX professional spends at one company is like "dog years." In other words, there is a 7:1 ratio between the years of a dog's life compared to that of a human. This puts a completely different spin on the assumptions made about an employee's short stints. This week, Darren takes time to demystify several of the factors associated with one's length of time at a company — focusing on the perspectives of those seeking work as well as hiring managers and hiring teams. 

In the first session celebrating the podcast's 4th anniversary, Darren shares a high-level view of UX's transitional history — sharing different ways in which the discipline has evolved from 1995 to 2024 along with its associated challenges and issues.

In this potpourri session, Darren tackles such topics as the fallibility of design exercises, asking boot campers for their retrospectives, the downshift in UX job qualifications, today's dysfunctional barrier of entry to UX, and a few quick quips about AI and UX. Enjoy!

The overall length of the Sinister series called for a recap.
In this episode, Darren highlights and presents a "top 10" list of the traits presented throughout the series with some extra commentary on each not shared previously.
Can you guess which traits made Darren's top 10?
Can you guess which is number one on the list?
Check out this episode for the breakdown.

The Sinister series closes today with Darren examining a "code of silence" that appars to be a norm in UX circles.
This code of silence, however, and its associated mindset have been at the core of UX's downward spiral. Darren identifies and explains each of the related traits. Tune in and empower yourself!

Building upon last week's traits associated with the war amidst seniors, Darren shares several not-so-comfortable stories illustrating sinister activities at work in the UX community. Better to know than to be blindsided. ;-)

This week, Darren drops a gauntlet by sharing one of the most sinister and ugliest aspects of today's UX landscape
— traits of senior-on-senior crime within the discipline.
Examples include nullification, reconnoitering, framing, cronyistic support, framing, and apathy to name a few. Tune in for this rich segment.