How I got into UX and how you can too.

1. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/21/a-new-installation-in-the-french-alps-allows-visitors-to-walk-off-the-highest-mountain-peak.html
The story of 3 dares
Rebecca Destello
Director of User Research, Anthro-Tech

2. Director of User Research
(2014)
Sr. UX Researcher
(2011)
Sr. Web Developer
(2007)
Affiliate Lecturer
(2011)
2nd dare 3rd dare1st dare

3. So, how did I get
here?

4. Admin Assistant
(1998)
1st dare

6. Sr. Web Developer
(2004)
http://pluperfecter.blogspot.com/2011/03/debunking-jakob-nielsen-on-twitter.html

11. Puget Sound SIGCHI
Many know us, few know how to say our name (it’s SIG-KYE)

12. How can I help improve design,
without doing design?
UX Research

13. Sr. UX Researcher
(2011)
2nd dare

15. Affiliate Lecturer
(2011)
Director of User Research
(2014)
3rd dare

16. So, what have I
learned so far?

17. knowing you
know nothing
- Socrates
The only true wisdom is

18. Those who dare to
fail miserably
can achieve
greatly
- John F. Kennedy

19. Things may come
to those who wait
but only those
things left behind
by those that
-Abraham Lincoln
hustle
(yes, really)
(but this is Daniel Day-Lewis, pretending to be him)

20. If you want to go far
Go together
http://time.com/money/3503134/women-raises-satya-nadella-pay-gap/

21. If you’re a designer
Be a unicorn

22. If you’re a researcher
Be a pegasus

23. Use your powers
For good

25. thank you!
@RebeccaDestello