In today's episode, I talk with Havana Nguyen about how to rock your first UX role. We discuss how to handle a seemingly dysfunctional organization, the importance of mentorship, and how to make the most of being the "newbie" at any organization so that you stand out—in a good way.

Havana Nguyen is a Sr. User Experience Designer who specializes in design ops, interaction design, usability testing, and product discovery. She has done UX for healthcare, aerospace, human capital management, and other enterprise SaaS products. To advance the UX community, she leads Ladies that UX Atlanta and has written for UX Design Collective and UX Planet. When she’s not doing UX, she is the Lead Character Artist on the award-winning graphic novel series Kamikaze. Find her art and work at http://www.havananguyen.com.

Connect with Havana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/havananguyen/

Check out Havana's website: http://www.havananguyen.com

Read the Kamikaze Comic series: http://www.kamikazecomic.com

Read Havana's Job Hunt Series: https://medium.com/jobhunt

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