To be a user experience

Abstract: This article by the Jiangnan University Design Institute graduate student Yang Qiu translation, excerpt "User Experience Careers" in a chapter, the original text altogether 189 pages, by Nielsen to the user experience profession research and summarizes reports. In doing the user experience, you don't have to be a great

This article by the Jiangnan University Design Institute graduate student Yang Qiu translation, excerpt "User Experience Careers" a chapter, the original text altogether 189 pages, by Nielsen to the user experience profession research and the summary reports.

You don't have to be a great designer to do the user experience. You just need to get rid of bad design, improve design standards, and help people achieve a more relaxed, efficient and positive relationship between technology, environment and people.

You may become a user experience engineer if you have the following conditions:

You want to design a better solution, such as a lighting switch, or you want to know more about the lighting switch.

You like good design, but you get annoyed when you encounter bad design, or if there are wrong controls, instructions, menus, elevators, signs, maps, etc.

You like to organize things. You don't need to use an alphabet spice rack to prove your knowledge of building materials. But if you can immediately think, "No, these spices should be sorted by the type of food!" Then you may have the right thing.

You know how to make your work more efficient by simplifying your workflow. In other positions, this can be seen as an annoying personality trait, but in the work of the user experience, this approach gets good results.

You protest the errors that you use to make them feel better for all users.

You are always the one who can find the mistake on the menu of the restaurant. You may have the ability to discover details, which is what the user experience requires.

The qualities you can learn from a user experience expert:

They know a lot of different things and they continue to learn.

They like to solve problems and puzzles.

They care about people and want the world to be different.

They like to simplify things.

They like to mend and invent things.

They think thinking is very interesting.

They like to learn new things (but calmly treat their own ignorance).

They understand people and observe them in detail.

The user experience must have:

Empathy-feeling the frustration of users and understanding their views

Soft Skills-for example, you can talk to anyone easily

Technical vocabulary--using the terminology of engineers (data and precision)

Understand how the system works (Basic)

Understand how people handle systems (details)

The ability to persuade people to solve problems

Tough, don't give up easily

The ability to explain things to anyone

Writing and communication skills

Patience ("Shut your mouth, listen attentively")

Insight-the ability to observe

People who care about different skills and educational backgrounds

Like good design and analysis

Curiosity to learn new things

tend to improve things and simplify them

For the user experience this position, has the following characteristics for the development disadvantage:

Perfectionism-can be good, but don't overdo it

Procrastination--Must manage time

Lack of interest in the subject of technology

Not interested in ongoing self-education

Lack of self-awareness, self-control

Rely on plan rather than adapt

Engaging in a user experience requires some basic qualities, and how we describe them:

"I grew up in this country. I have to learn how to do anything that can represent me. That's why learning the tools and industries of user experience has been an interesting and exciting journey. Most of the knowledge is obtained through my down-to-earth actions and mistakes. ”

"I am eager to continue studying." Go to class, attend meetings, read blogs, etc. ”

"The job should be to do what you like and you can't stop." Yes, I am always evaluating the usability of the world around me, and I redesign the space, experience, and help others make things easier. ”

"Introverts help me improve listening, observation, and thinking skills," he said. Empathy, curiosity and inquisitive experience give me the process of asking, interviewing, polling, testing. Organizational ability prepares me to be competent for administrative functions at work. Volunteer work helps me gain valuable insights. ”

If you are a ' lifelong learner ' (in other words, if you've been paying attention), you'll be able to apply the experience and lessons learned from them to your new environment. This is more important to me than learning specific skills in school. ”

"I play the role of problem solving, always trying to find the best solution from different teams." ”

"In writing and speaking, being a good communicator is definitely the key to success," he said. You need to be able to read people and negotiate with them. ”

(You need) "truly interested in people from all walks of life, and with all kinds of experiences from different cultures and countries." ...... Rich experience in life and empathy, in the user experience work is the most valuable two qualities. ”

Empathy, listening ability, brainstorming, willing to continue to learn and adapt. “

"Know how to learn new things, and how other people learn." Being willing to adapt to change is more important than any particular skill or technical tool in your career.

Added

User experience experts have innate characteristics that attract them to specific areas and help them become better, such as curiosity, insight, empathy and the pleasure of learning new things.

The skills you learn also play an important role, such as being an efficient communicator, meticulous design critic, and problem-solving person.