#28 - UX Manager’s Job, Relevance, and Working Remote | Amy Pattanasethanon

Amy is a UX Manager @ Canonical, the developer and publisher of the most popular Linux platform Ubuntu.

Amy shares her career story and how she transitioned into UX from engineering, work culture differences between Thailand and Germany, learning to say no, experience working in an early stage startup, transitioning from senior UX designer to a UX manager, remote work culture, resume and interviewing advice, and much more. Enjoy 🤙

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Outline:

• (0:00) - Preview
• (0:35) - Introduction
• (2:00) - Amy’s career story
• (7:19) - Working in Thailand vs Germany vs UK
• (15:51) - Working at a startup
• (24:01) - Transitioning to UX manager
• (42:03) - Working at Canonical
• (45:36) - Remote work
• (55:18) - Advice to design candidates
• (1:06:32) - If money wasn’t a question

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