I've noticed speaking with other UXers lately that, like myself a few weeks ago, there were plenty of people who haven't been interviewing in several years now. I've started interviewing this week after not doing so seriously since 2023, so here's my experience 🧵

You can't convince me GTA 6's delay is not related to Rockstars union busting behaviours www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reminding myself of previously effective job applications things from other times in my life. For example, sending a thank you note to the interviewers after the interview, just making yourself available for more conversations and maybe reminding them of your existence has worked well for me before

You know, maybe I CAN kind of understand why people might think that birds aren't real.

Just came across a research spec where one of the requirements for the participants was continuous speaking for the full 45 minute session with gaps in speaking of only 2 seconds or less allowed. WTF, awful companies running unethical garbage. But we don't need UX Researchers anymore . . . 🙄

Another week of job applications. Postings have slowed, hit the "red" in my applications numbers today. I do have another civil service job to apply for but the applications take longer and they don't have the "rush to get first" thankfully so I'll tackle it after my Interview on Monday. #uxjobs

Had an awful introductory call with a UX Career Coach last night. Can't believe their course sells for $3000. And they kept pushing it could be financed! Lots of respect lost for the individual running it.

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Welp it only took 2 weeks but I seem to have maxed out on the backlog of jobs to apply to. Thankfully it looks like there's some junior roles available which is a good thing for the market and a positive sign for the UX Research industry in general.

Oof, service design fail for the Nectar QR code rollout

In a world of 0 responses to applications, it's nice to see some candidate friendly design on certain platforms #ux #jobapplications

My cats are not handling the clock change well. Eldest cat was already begging for food 30 minutes to 1 hour early. They are both very distraught at our sleeping in the past 2 days.

Jobs applied for Sept/Oct: 38 Rejections: 6 No response (so far): 32 Longest ghosting (so far): 38 days That doesn't include jobs I applied for before I started tracking again. I still have pre-COVID unresponded to applications out there for sure.

it does seem like some kind of something-something sign of our engineer brain dominated times that Literally Everything is Made by Asshole Engineers Now

I wish salaries were still public. I've probably wasted the past 10 months, especially the past 2 weeks, asking for too much because my current package is benchmarked to the salaries in 2023, and salary surveys are a year behind. I'm looking at a 20-30% drop. I've been asking for 0-15%.

New challenge for the foreseeable: Keep this cell out of the red (turns red at >15)

New record. 1 hour 10. But it was definitely a human written reply.

Maybe the redundancy consultations benefit certain fields and jobs but oh my gosh do I wish I could just walk away with a lump sum right now instead.

I'm glad the UX community, despite the fragmentation and stress the past few years, continues to be supportive

Quickest rejection I've ever received. 3 hours from application

I'm at risk for redundancy so if anyone is hiring a Senior or Lead UX Researcher remote or in London hybrid let me know! Open to perm or contracts

Once again the old white men of UX stating something out of touch

Conspiracy I'm choosing to believe after TSwift release of a flop album after her breakup with Alwyn. He wrote the other albums.

While Attenborough's narration and commentary was excellent as always, I found the Our Story exhibition to be underwhelming visually. Too much CG and animation. Nothing I haven't seen before as a nature doc lover. 360 room didn't do anything new. Should've been released on TV instead.

Life Life Life Grief Life Life Life

I am so sick of this latest insult, accusing anyone with a modicum of moral standing of student politics. We don't all drop our ethical standards once we hit 30. Of course, as Penny was part of the Tory Gov't who left us in this mess, she may be a little hazy on political morals. 🤔

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

Something not surprising, but also a little disappointing, is that the best recipes for for some basic baked goods (brownies and chocolate chip cookies) are the most basic ones. Betty Crocker boxed brownies. Toll House chocolate chip cookies.

If you have a good visual memory, have a weak stomach, cannot handle bl00d or gore, for your sake, do this:

The amount of AI bloat I had to block from my new phone was absolutely ridiculous, and there are features that I want that shouldn't be tied to AI that I now can't use because they're tied to AI. 😩

Has anyone managed to stay actively engaged and subscribed to any substack? I paid for a few and within the annual I've grown bored and don't read anymore

September is the Monday of months

🩷💜💙 WE ARE EVERYWHERE 🩷💜💙

All youse wishing away summer can get in the bin. Autumn sucks. It's been raining since Friday/Saturday. I am ready to turn the heating on. My house is filling with dampness already. Bring back summer, it's not even the equinox yet.

Not sure I like this sabotaging technical #bakeoff

I feel like Noel Felding and Claudia Winkleman should have an annual end of year show featuring all the details from their excellent jumpers.

iPad as laptop replacement 2023/2024 was a fail. But iPad as Kindle alternative 2025 is going well so far.

Hybrid jobs really need to share where their office is based in the posting. I live in Zone 3 SE London. Zone 1 West London is over an hour away!

When your unmoderated research participant has an excellent ASMR voice

It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure. It's capital. The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.

So far I am 0/3 for AI assisted rewrites of my CV for jobs applications. Worse ratio that simply not tailoring my CV at all So I think that's the end of that experiment

ILR biometrics completed, now to obsessively check my email for the next 5 working days (I paid for priority service)

Finished Severance and The Bear recently. Both disappointing compared to previous series. Probably unpopular opinion.

Worst government in my 18 years in the UK.

First matcha latté in a few weeks. Such a good afternoon pick me up.

Everything requiring a registration now is one of the biggest downfalls of modern internet. I don't want to register to listen to the radio on my computer...

2x EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS!! #lionesses

Figma prototypes 🚮

Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why. This week's column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...