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List of success metrics for your UX design career (or any career)
We all measure success metrics when it comes to our designs, but have we stopped to think about measuring success for our very own design careers?
Success is a very difficult list of conditions to define. I struggled a lot writing this because of the realisation of how personalised oneās definition of success can get, but like any keen analyst, Iām here to share some methods and data points in which you can look at in order to determine the results of your current career path.
When I wrote āStill canāt get a UX job? Give upā, it was targeted at a very specific group of financially struggling UX aspirants.
These people were the ones messaging me on LinkedIn, begging me for my help in employment because they were claiming to be starving and near the state of homelessness.
How true their extreme stories are, I am unsure. But when you have hit an absolute rock bottom, re-thinking your choices and giving up is much wiser than pressing on.
Similarily, when āUX Design is not going to save your careerā was published, I mentioned signs of failures getting into the industry and recommended setting up a āStop-Lossā, a.k.a your maximum tolerance, so you know when to stop and move on.
And it begs the question, ifā¦