Topics Covered:
Bridging Tech and Design with Yi Xin Ang
00:00- Introduction of guest speaker
02:36 – Yi Xin shares her career origin and why she took up coding
06:14 -Yi Xin elaborates about how she persuaded her company to sponsor her coding course as a UX designer
07:29 – How does knowing code help you become a better designer?
10:38 – Yi Xin talks about what made her get involved with some of the projects that she worked on in the past
12:24- Yi Xin shares details about her website, artylope.com and how it helped her secure a job at one of the top Silicon Valley companies in the world
16:07 – Yi Xin shares how she felt to be fired through an email during the layoffs in the tech industry
19:31 – Yi Xin shares some tips and strategies on how to rebound when you lose your job
24:30 – Yi Xin talks about the competitiveness within OGP itself (OGP is Open Government Products, a company in Singapore that works to build technology for the public good)
26:25 – Yi Xin shares her thoughts on the difference between working in the government sector compared to working with private companies
29:44 – What are the things that a designer should look out for when designing for government compared to designing for commercial use
32:39 – Yi Xin talks about the opportunities to travel overseas to conduct research and understand the target users
34:38 – Yi Xin talks about how she ended up in UX, given that she started out as a game artist
37:05 – Yi Xin talks about her experience at Govtech
37:38 – Yi Xin talks about how she continued to polish her coding skills as a Ux designer
39:52 – Is it true that Govtech only hired university degree holders? Or do they hire diploma holders as well?
41:27 – Yi Xin talks about her opinions in having a Masters in Computer Science or Human Computer Interaction and if it’s necessary in today’s industry
42:01 – Do you think that all designers should learn how to code just to be competitive?
44:55 – Do you have any tips or processes on handing over your designs to developers?
48:14 – Do you have any tips with working with engineers in general?
49:59 – Does developing personal relationships with your PMs and engineers help in your collaboration with them?
51:11 – Yi Xin shares some words of advice for junior designers and for people who are trying to get into this industry
53.04 – Outro