Photo Reflection

My Future Jobs

Zishu Ling

 

My Attitude to the Future Job:

First, I prefer working in an area that I am interested in rather than getting more pay. Second, I enjoy creating things and don’t like being restricted too much. Third, comparing with stable salary and repetitive work, I prefer challenges in different situations. Finally, I am planning to get the master’s degree in the future.

 

My Testing Result & My Opinion:

How to think as an UX designer https://images.app.goo.gl/DAV2fnp9mUpAKgfn8

 

The first job is senior user experience designer which focuses on user experience. To be more specific, senior user experience designer is the bridge that connect the productions with the customers. The median pay of the senior user experience designer is $102,800 (according to the Payscale.com). This a well-paid job and I am quite satisfied with it. I’m sure that I can do better and get higher pay since I will receive a good education in the future. What’s more, I am also satisfied with this kind of job. First, this job is similar with my major. I am studying the IE (industrial engineering) which  contains data analysis, human factors and so on. Data analysis deals with the database and discovering information from big data while human factors focus on customers’ satisfaction and user experience, which are almost same with the tasks of senior user experience designers. Second, I like the tasks of the senior user experience designers. After preliminary study in IE, I found it interesting especially in the database and human factors. Since we are now in an age of big data, I can improve the user experience by analyzing big data. Dealing with the database is not a boring work. Instead, I found that it is a challenging work to find the relationships among data. Human factors focus on how to make people comfortable and raise efficiency including man-machine interaction, psychology, ergonomics and so on, which also attract me a lot. Third, this is a creative job. I can have my own design and improve my work. This job can the make me passionate in challenging situations and solve them with my creativity. Last but not the least, this is a meaningful job. While accomplishing my work, I can also help others by increase their satisfaction. All in all, I’m looking forward to work as a senior user experience designer in the future.

 

Discussing on architectural drawings https://images.app.goo.gl/n1f73we24vPFx3Kp6

My second job is the architectural designer. Architectural designers design projects as buildings, urban landscapes, and parks. The average salary is $53,155 (according to the Payscale.com) which isn’t very high. As for me, I am not very satisfied with this job. First, it has a lot of differences with my major. Architectural designers need a lot of knowledge of physics and art which are not the areas I’m good at. Besides, I am not interested in architecture. Although I have a strong passion in design, I prefer to be a designer in other areas but not the architectural. For example, I am willing to be a director which can design the films. As a result, I don’t think the architectural designer is suit for me. (Data come from Payscale.com)

One thought on “Photo Reflection

  1. Hi Zishu, your opinions on jobs and occupations are very creative and interesting. A life full of challenges would help the development of our physical and mental health. As far as I know, industrial engineering is a major that requires the integration of knowledge in many disciplines. According to your article, you like the first job very much! Hoping you can find the job you dreamed of. Enjoy your life!

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