{"id":26661,"date":"2025-01-14T17:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T17:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/anthropology\/15-methods-that-do-not-work-for-getting-a-job-in-ux-anthropologizing\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T17:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T17:43:14","slug":"15-methods-that-do-not-work-for-getting-a-job-in-ux-anthropologizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=26661","title":{"rendered":"15 methods that do not work for getting a job in UX \u2013 Anthropologizing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-5359\">\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5362\" src=\"https:\/\/anthropologizing.com\/user-experience-redrum\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/anthropologizing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/user-experience-redrum.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"800,586\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"user-experience-redrum\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/anthropologizing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/user-experience-redrum.jpeg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/anthropologizing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/user-experience-redrum.jpeg?w=800\" width=\"800\" height=\"586\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthropologizing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/user-experience-redrum.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/anthropologizing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/user-experience-redrum.jpeg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/anthropologizing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/user-experience-redrum.jpeg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/anthropologizing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/user-experience-redrum.jpeg?w=768 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>There are many effective methods for getting your first UX role. I wrote about them <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1sbnFSaMpei2_beL3XhHfqMXWhVEKGQ5b9ieT6b7B3TI\/edit\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also important to be aware of <em><strong>what<\/strong> <strong>does not work<\/strong><\/em> if you want to get your foot in the door of this highly competitive field. <\/p>\n<p>Here are 15 methods that do not work, which are not based on my personal experiences or anything I have ever heard of people actually doing, but that are probably not worth trying. If you give any of them a shot and they work, I would be interested in hearing your story.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 15 methods<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Body swaps<\/li>\n<li>Deep fakes<\/li>\n<li>Cryogenic freezing<\/li>\n<li>Psychics, tarot, crystals<\/li>\n<li>Magnets, essential oils, tin foil hats, bleach injections, ear candling, ionized jewelry, hexagonal water<\/li>\n<li>Knocking on wood<\/li>\n<li>Matrix neck port<\/li>\n<li>Phishing, pyramid schemes, multi-level marketing<\/li>\n<li>Stalking hiring managers at Target and giving them paper copies of your resume<\/li>\n<li>Becoming a serial killer who captures UX researchers and makes a suit of their skin, then standing in front of a mirror and ask, \u201cwould you hire me? I\u2019d hire me. I\u2019d hire me hard. I\u2019d hire me so hard.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Spending 25 years at the Black Lodge<\/li>\n<li>Writing \u201cecneirepxe resu\u201d in blood on a mirror while snowed inside a haunted mountain top hotel<\/li>\n<li>Networking on Grindr, OK Cupid, Ashley Madison, FetLife, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Mansplaining<\/li>\n<li>Excessive puns or sarcasm<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many effective methods for getting your first UX role. I wrote about them here. It\u2019s also important to be aware of what does not work if you want to get your foot in the door of this highly competitive field. 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