Kicking off season two with episode 28 of The Product Design Podcast, Seth Coelen interviews Steven Steiner, Founder of Career Coach for Designers, where he coaches designers to help them level up during any point of their career. Steven has gained over ten years of experience as a designer and design manager at agencies, start-ups, and in-house teams. This experience and his passion for helping others led him to career coaching and gave him so much valuable advice to share that he has learned along his career path. During our interview with Steven you will learn: -How Steven found his way into user experience -Four things to do when you want to find a job in UX -Three things not to do when you are trying to get a job in UX -What to avoid when building your case studies -What to do before you start working with a career coach -How to gain experience while helping others and paying it forward So happy to have you join us today! 00:00 Introduction 01:38 How Steven found an interesting path into user experience 04:55 Steven's take on the meaning of different job titles in the industry 09:59 The highs and lows of Steven's career path 13:05 Should people become generalized or niche down right away in their career? 18:40 Working agency versus in-house at small and large companies 25:23 How Steven realized he wanted to become a career coach 30:21 What Steven does as the Founder and Career Coach of Career Coach for Designers 34:01 Four things to do when you are finding your first UX job 41:51 What not to do when putting together your case studies for your portfolio 44:43 Is it easier to get into UX through design or research? 48:27 Three things NOT to do when trying to get your first UX job 56:25 What to do before you find a career coach when you are trying to get a job in UX 01:00:28 How to get experience while helping others and paying it forward Thanks for watching! If you enjoyed this video please like and subscribe so I can keep making content for you good people! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3aRBoqF6mAD1PnQwj86dX Don't forget to read our blog and sign up for reminders when new episodes will be available! www.uxcabin.com/podcast/steven-steiner Make sure to follow Steven after the podcast to stay on top of what he is up to! -Personal Twitter: https://twitter.com/SSteiner22 -Career Coaching Twitter: https://twitter.com/cc4designers -Career Coaching Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cc4designers/ -Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevensteiner/ -Career Coaching LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/careercoachfordesigners/ -Career Coaching Website: https://www.careercoachfordesigners.com Other mentioned links: -Tech Fleet: https://techfleet.org Where to find UX Cabin: -Twitter: https://twitter.com/uxcabin -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uxcabin/ -LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uxcabin -TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uxcabin?lang=en -YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/UXCabin -dribble: https://dribbble.com/uxcabin -Website: https://uxcabin.com