UX career growth

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03/02/2021

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Our UX director for Core products, Amy Thibodeau, has taken a winding path career path. Starting in arts organizations and then becoming an early member of Facebook's content strategy team, then starting at Shopify as a discipline lead before quickly leading a cross-disciplinary project (the launch of our Polaris design system) to becoming a cross-functional leader. Along the way, she's learned a lot about what it takes to be successful in growing your career in UX. She and host Kevin Clark talk about: The power of positive discontent How to talk yourself into raising your hand for projects that stretch you Trusting your team What's wrong with taking a "culture fit" approach The full transcript of the conversation can be found at: https://medium.com/p/a765fbaec5fb/edit

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