Alisa Bacon's guest appearances

Alisa Bacon

Vitalik

Joe Natoli

Doug Collins

Tom Chaffin

Pavel Samsonov

Microsoft EDU

Sarbjeet Johal

OwlTail

What a blast it was to record this episode with Alisa! I hope you guys absolutely love it! Alisa has an undergraduate degree in math and philosophy and a master’s degree in teaching. Last year Alisa transitioned from teaching to UX design and she’s currently with Microsoft EDU in Seattle working on a really cool OneNote Education product for teachers and students. We talked about her journey and what she learned along the way. We also discussed why exactly having a mentor (or mentors) from your industry is very important to success. Alisa also recommended a few resources and books that helped her get started and move forward. The links to all of them are in the episode notes below. I can’t wait for you guys to listen to this! This is a really awesome episode! Tune in! Notes: Hexagon UX — UX Mentorship organization  Hacking STEM — Blog of the Hacking STEM team at Microsoft Books: Information Architecture Understanding Context About Face: Essentials of Interaction Design Fooled By Randomness Skin In The Game

What a blast it was to record this episode with <a href="https://twitter.com/BaconUX" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Alisa</a>! I hope you guys absolutely love it! Alisa has an undergraduate degree in math and philosophy and a master’s degree in teaching. Last year Alisa transitioned from teaching to UX design and she’s currently with <a href="https://twitter.com/MicrosoftEDU" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft EDU</a> in Seattle working on a really cool <a href="https://twitter.com/OneNoteEDU" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">OneNote Education</a> product for teachers and students. We talked about her journey and what she learned along the way. We also discussed why exactly having a mentor (or mentors) from your industry is very important to success. Alisa also recommended a few resources and books that helped her get started and move forward. The links to all of them are in the episode notes below. I can’t wait for you guys to listen to this! This is a really awesome episode! Tune in! Notes: <a href="https://hexagonux.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hexagon UX</a> — UX Mentorship organization  <a href="https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/tag/hacking-stem/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Hacking STEM</a> — Blog of the Hacking STEM team at Microsoft Books: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Information-Architecture-Beyond-Louis-Rosenfeld/dp/1491911689/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=information+architecture&amp;qid=1582132215&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Information Architecture</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Context-Environment-Information-Architecture/dp/1449323170/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=understanding+context&amp;qid=1582132246&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding Context</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/About-Face-Essentials-Interaction-Design/dp/1118766571/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=about+face&amp;qid=1582132275&amp;sr=8-3" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">About Face: Essentials of Interaction Design</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fooled-Randomness-Hidden-Chance-Markets/dp/B0012IZFRW/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Fooled By Randomness</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Skin-Game-Hidden-Asymmetries-Daily/dp/B077BSK9LC" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Skin In The Game</a>

Episode #19 - Alisa Bacon's Journey from Math, Philosophy and Teaching to UX Design at Microsoft EDU, and Much More