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Videos
My TikTok series — bookmark to come back to.
// my series
- Working in Tech pivoting to tech without related experience
- Hired Girl Summer job hunting in a tough market
- Portfolio 101 tips for creating a UX portfolio
- Public Health to UX books for people pivoting into tech
- Brain Food the books, ideas & thinking that shape my work
// catch the latest on tiktok →
Books
Foundational reads for UX, research, and design careers.
// classics
- Don't Make Me Think Steve Krug
- The Design of Everyday Things Don Norman
- Just Enough Research Erika Hall
// user research
- Moderator's Survival Guide Donna Tedesco
- Interviewing Users Steve Portigal
- Think Like a UX Researcher David Travis
- Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries Steve Portigal
- User Research Stephanie Marsh
- It's Our Research Tomer Sharon
- Research Practice Gregg Bernstein
// newsletters
- Learners a smart-girlie newsletter on building skills + curiosity
- User Weekly weekly UXR roundup
- NN/g Newsletter weekly from Nielsen Norman Group
- UXinsight Newsletter monthly: articles, templates, events
Podcasts
Audio worth your commute — UX research, design, and industry.
// general tech
- Acquired deep-dive company histories
- a16z Andreessen Horowitz on tech & venture
- Behind the Craft how products actually get built
// research-focused
Jobs + Programs
Apprenticeships, volunteer opportunities, and where to actually find tech jobs.
// the layoff guide
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Layoff Guide a comprehensive Notion playbook for navigating layoffs
// apprenticeships
- Shopify APM Associate Product Manager program at Shopify
- Airbnb Engineering Apprenticeship paid pathway into engineering at Airbnb
- Google Apprenticeship multiple roles across Google's Build Your Future portal
- LinkedIn REACH non-traditional pathways into engineering at LinkedIn
// volunteer opportunities
- Volunteer Platforms — Analytics & PM for GRC analysts, data analysts, data scientists, product managers
- Volunteer Platforms — UX & Engineering for UX researchers, product designers, software engineers/developers
// job boards
- LinkedIn Jobs the default — best for broad tech roles & recruiter outreach
- Hiring Cafe aggregator with strong filters; pulls direct from company sites
- Built In tech-only listings across major US startup hubs
- Snagajob hourly + entry-level roles when you need income fast
- YunoJuno freelance creative + tech marketplace, UK-based
Salaries
What people actually make. What you should ask for. How to negotiate it.
// salary data
- Global UX Compensation Transparency Project crowdsourced spreadsheet of UX salaries worldwide
- Salary.design global, ongoing data collection for design roles
- H1B Salary Database public US visa filing data — useful for benchmarking offers
- UXR Salary Report 2021 global UXR snapshot from 2021
- MeasuringU Salary Survey US-only, 2018 data — older but still a useful baseline
- UX Salary in Silicon Valley video breakdown by Aona Talks (Bay Area, 2021)
// negotiation
- Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer Haseeb Qureshi's classic essay — read this first
- 81 Cents Resource Library templates & scripts for negotiating as a woman in tech
- Everything I Learned to Negotiate My Salary Chloé's salary negotiation thread on Twitter
Events
// IRL meetups & gatherings I'm hosting or showing up to.
Upcoming
// next event coming soon — stay tuned
Past