Generate Questions for 2022-11-16: Helen Lin, UX Researcher

[Aparna1Gopal]

Overview

We need to create a list of questions for our guest speaker Helen Lin, UX Researcher attending on 2022-11-16.

Action Items

• Send issue to UI/UX Slack channel and ask UI/UX people to write their questions in the comments.
• Collate the questions into a list of unique questions (non-duplicated questions).
• Send them to the guest speakers within 1 week of their talk.

Resources/Instructions

• UI/UX Slack Channel
• Helen Lin, LinkedIn

[Aparna1Gopal]

Helen Lin Introduction

Helen is a social psychology Ph.D. with a background in academic and healthcare research. After working with Hack for LA's "Brigade Organizers' Playbook" project in 2020, she landed contract roles at well-known social media companies. Her favorite part of UX research is sitting down with a user and really diving deep to learn who they are.

[Aparna1Gopal]

Slack Announcement:

📣 Mark your Calendars! Helen Lin, UX Researcher will be visiting the UI/UX Community of Practice on November 16th!

💻 Topic: Reflections and experiences as a UX Researcher

? Please post your questions for Helen in this GitHub issue ⬅️ ⬇️

👤About: Helen is a social psychology Ph.D. with a background in academic and healthcare research. After working with Hack for LA's "Brigade Organizers' Playbook" project in 2020, she landed contract roles at well-known social media companies. Her favorite part of UX research is sitting down with a user and really diving deep to learn who they are.

👋 Helen's LinkedIn [LINKEDIN LINK]

Thank you!
UI/UX CoP co-leads
at Sara Brady at Julia Gab at Aparna Gopal

[Aparna1Gopal]

Reflections and experiences as a UX Researcher one year, hence:

• What does your day-to-day on the job look like?
• What was the process of moving between contracts (since your LinkedIn mentions moving from Tik Tok to Meta)?
• What are your success strategies?
• What are your must-have interviewing tips?
• What are your tips on salary negotiation?
• Working for social media companies and also as a UX Researcher we would like for you to share your knowledge & learn more on this topic: how do we work effectively regarding privacy and ethics surrounding teens/young adults and their social media use? What tips would you have for the UX'ers in our HfLA community on working with minors ethically and ensuring their safety & security?
• What is the one thing you wished you had known when you first started your transition to UX from your previous academic research background?
• What is the one piece of advice/tip/strategy that really stood out to you when you were starting your UX transition and still holds true and good to this day?

[wein4102]

How do you handle imposter syndrome?
How do you address pushback from stakeholders?

[mxayavo1]

How do you handle when someone on your team suggests one research method but you suggest another way? I know there can be multiple ways to answer research questions but how do you break this problem down so both sides are validated but build consensus around one way?

[Aparna1Gopal]

Slack Announcement: (reposted on November 07, 2022)
Aparna Gopal 1:02 PM

📣 Mark your Calendars! Helen Lin, UX Researcher will be visiting the UI/UX Community of Practice on November 16th!
💻 Topic: Reflections and experiences as a UX Researcher

❓Please post your questions for Helen in this GitHub issue⬅️ ⬇️

👤About: Helen is a social psychology Ph.D. with a background in academic and healthcare research. After working with Hack for LA's "Brigade Organizers' Playbook" project in 2020, she landed contract roles at well-known social media companies. Her favorite part of UX research is sitting down with a user and really diving deep to learn who they are.
👋 Helen's LinkedIn

Thank you!
UI/UX CoP co-leads
at Sara Brady at Julia Gab at Aparna Gopal

[Aparna1Gopal]

Questions for Helen Lin, UX Researcher

1. Interviewing and the UX Job search

• What are your must-have interviewing tips?
• What are your tips on salary negotiation?
• Contract Roles: What was the process of moving between different contract roles? How did you go about it, what was your process? Why did you choose to be in contract roles? What are the benefits of choosing to do contract roles?

2. Day-to day in the life of a UX Researcher

• What does your day-to-day on the job look like?
• How do you handle imposter syndrome?
• How do you address pushback from stakeholders?
• How do you handle when someone on your team suggests one research method but you suggest another way?
• I know there can be multiple ways to answer research questions but how do you break this problem down so both sides are validated but build consensus around one way?

3. Domain experience working in/with social media tech companies

• Working for social media companies and also as a UX Researcher we would like for you to share your knowledge & learn more on this topic: how do we work effectively regarding privacy and ethics surrounding teens/young adults and their social media use?
• What tips would you have for the UX'ers in our HfLA community on working with minors ethically and ensuring their safety & security?

4. Other general questions

• What are your success strategies?
• What is the one thing you wished you had known when you first started your transition to UX from your previous academic research background?
• What is the one piece of advice/tip/strategy that really stood out to you when you were starting your UX transition and still holds true and good to this day?

[Aparna1Gopal]

Slack Announcement: One day before the Speaker's visit
Promoting the event/speaker, for increased attendance by sending reminder one day before the event**

📣 Helen Lin, UX Researcher will be visiting the UI/UX Community of Practice on November 16th at 6PM (Pacific Time)!
💻 Topic: Reflections and experiences as a UX Researcher
👤About: Helen is a social psychology Ph.D. with a background in academic and healthcare research. After working with Hack for LA's "Brigade Organizers' Playbook" project in 2020, she landed contract roles at well-known social media companies. Her favorite part of UX research is sitting down with a user and really diving deep to learn who they are.
👋 Helen's LinkedIn
Thank you!
UI/UX CoP co-leads
at Sara Brady
at Julia Gab
at Aparna Gopal

[Aparna1Gopal]

Transferring Notes: From WIKI - Potential Speakers

INVITED & COMPLETED TALK ON November 16,2022 (Details here: https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/wiki/past-speakers)

• Helen Lin (Hack for LA Alumni)
• Employer: Meta, ex Tik Tok
• Date: 2022-08-12 (first contact made via Slack (cop leads channel) by Speaker)
• Date: 2022-09-29 (second contact made via LinkedIn by COP Co-lead)
• Topic: "It's been a year since the last Q&A and I've gained a LOT of experience since then! I would probably answer some of the questions differently now. I'd be open to either responding/reacting to my old video or doing a fresh Q&A" (Part 2 of speaker's first speaking session with the UI/UX CoP in 2021)