u/triple-c

This was super fun and educational for a first roll. I shot a lot of different things often multiple different ways and took notes for future reference. I’m definitely still getting used to the different aperture settings (evident in some included photos), overall I’m really enjoying this camera. I’m using Kodak gold 200 right now which I’m really looking forward to getting developed.

Hi fellow UXRs,

I've been job searching for the past 8 months, and found these types of posts helpful when trying to get a sense of the state of the UXR job market. (tldr, it's brutal, but there are definitely some opportunities out there!) A few pieces of context:

• I have ~7 years of experience, and have a HCI masters. Most of my experience has been in F100 companies.
• I am located in Austin, TX and while most roles I applied to were remote, the most success I had were with local companies that had some in-office requirement.
• I was looking for roles while mostly employed – which I know can make a big difference in response rate. I had a two month gap where I was laid off and I noticed responses dropped significantly in that period.
• The diagram shows I accepted two offers - one was a contract role that I am in now, and started two months ago after my period of unemployment. This week I accepted an FTE role at a large financial company.
• Except the current contract role I'm in now, all other roles I applied to were FTE, mostly at large companies in healthcare, fintech, and B2B SaaS offerings.

Happy to talk more about trends that have come up in the UXR job search, commiserate, and anything else that might be useful.