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fringe lotus
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ooh I use nextjs instead of react (for most things). though exceptions apply haha. vanilla js seems like a smart move tho

ebon badger
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It's certainly made things easier to work with, but I can't take credit on the choice - the applications are just old!

fringe lotus
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ahh i get you

ebon badger
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What brought you to the Design Buddies server? I just joined haha

fringe lotus
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I was looking to work with designers on personal projects, but that ended up not happening, and now i just like chatting here from time to time haha

ebon badger
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Lol that's fair!

fringe lotus
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so you are new to development too or just used to older tech?

ebon badger
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God I always feel new to development tbh

fringe lotus
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i made a thread so we don't flood general with dev chat but the others haven't arrived hahaha

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ohh i hear you haha

ebon badger
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I started my first job back in the beginning of 2019

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I worked as a full-stack developer there which gave some experience in primarily Angular. Then I met a UX Architect and I was like This seems way more fun

fringe lotus
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ohh very cool, what brought you here?

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i pivoted to tech only a couple of years ago

ebon badger
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I was networking with a UX Designer earlier and he brought up this server, how it was made during the pandemic. That sounded like a great place to meet more people, see if there are other people going through similar motions

ebon badger
fringe lotus
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ahh cool! I like grace, also relate a lot to her marathon story

ebon badger
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I actually don't know about Grace's story beyond what I've said, what happened?

fringe lotus
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she posted on linkedin that she got injured and then ended up pursuing ux later on

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cut a lot out but yea

ebon badger
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Lol neat!

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What made you pivot to development?

fringe lotus
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it is hard to say, hahaha. i was a gamer, then sort of wanted to do something else, got injured doing that, then went to canada; and then managed a pet hotel, while doing that, i realised i should play to my strengths because i was updating the company website and stuff, paying people to help and im like thinking

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why on earth am i not doing what that person is doing instead. so then i did a bootcamp!

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i think my love for games died! so i no longer had an interest in competing

ebon badger
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Though at the same time I'm just starting to feel like I can't bring myself to play much these days hahaha

fringe lotus
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haha, maybe that's good! nah they are fine casually

ebon badger
fringe lotus
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i just don't recommend esports to anyone personally

ebon badger
fringe lotus
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ahha yea age helps a bit

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: D

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though the current worlds best aimer is 35+

ebon badger
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The idea of Rocket League was fun back in the day but I couldn't get far enough

ebon badger
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So from there you went on to become a software engineer, with some interest in working with design sounds like

fringe lotus
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hmm design isn't really my thing

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but i wanted to find designers to do projects with

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thought it would look better haha, for my resume

ebon badger
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Makes sense, portfolios always look better with that sleek, cool ui flair

fringe lotus
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you are more interested in design or dev, at the moment, do you think?

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yeah

ebon badger
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Tbh that's a good question.
I really like the idea of being a UX Designer. I just can't stand coding where I've been

fringe lotus
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ahh

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makes sense

ebon badger
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At the same time, a UX Engineer in a Design team also sounds like fun

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Just being more involved with the process would be great.
I went into my Bachelor's in Computer Science thinking I'd pursue 3D Animation. Though from there the best I could do was create some (not-so-great-looking) projects, do some video internships (paid in exposure), but ultimately had to play to what I learned in college, programming.

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After I heard about UX, I felt like it was a much better way to have a creative outlet in CS

fringe lotus
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yeah i think only you know if you enjoy it, but it sounds like a solid plan. also i think comp sci skills might help with communication for ux too

ebon badger
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Here's hoping! So far my experience has been
"We're looking for more experienced designers" or "We don't want a developer" lmfao

fringe lotus
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: ( lol

ebon badger
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It's been an interesting limbo, so at this point I want to know, who else goes through this and what are people doing to get out of it?

fringe lotus
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i really wanted to show my managerial experience on my resume, cus i was kind of proud of it. but i removed it all down to one bullet point. maybe you have to do something similar

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it sucks, cus to me writing 200 pages on pet first aid shows more documentation skills than contributing 1 line to an open source repo. but in the eyes of tech people

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that 1 line is worth more

ebon badger
fringe lotus
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and explaining to people in interviews that managing a facility is not the same as "hugging dogs", doesn't make me the most excited lol

ebon badger
fringe lotus
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pardon my sarcasm but rather than explain that every interview, it's easier to just remove it lol

ebon badger
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That's fair too. Having too much focus there can take away from your overall experience

fringe lotus
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i feel as if im being condescending if i have to explain to someone that a manager, manages

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and not does the junior position

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so removing it was the best option imo

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but going back to your dilemma, you could try it. it might feel uncomfortable for you to remove a bunch of dev stuff

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and see what the outcome is?

ebon badger
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Sounds like a good plan. It gives you control of how you want the conversation to go

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Possibly, I think removing some programming from my skills section could give a better design/hci impression?

fringe lotus
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yeah you just have to have design weigh more than dev i think

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at minimum

ebon badger
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Yup. The other challenge is trying to throw together these solo design projects for your portfolio as well