To become an international level UX designer, one should focus on answering "Why" questions like user research at early stages and "How" questions like prototypes and usability testing at later stages. As your career progresses from practitioner to principal, focus shifts from 95% "How" to 5% "How" and 95% "Why". International level requires more specific skills rather than general, professional attitude, and strong communication skills. It takes skills to make something great rather than just making something crappy.

1. Which skills you should focus on each stage to
become international level UX designer?

2. "User experience"
encompasses all
aspects of the end-
user's interaction with
the company, its
services, and its
products.
–Don Norman, a cognitive scientist and
co-founder of NNGroup

3. UX Job Titles (4000+)
Associate
Junior
Senior
Heavyweight
Middleweight
Principal
Chief
Black belt
Lead
Head
User Experience
User Centered Design
User Interface
Human Factors
Visual
Frontend
Design
Content
Information
Interaction
UI/UX
Usability
IxD
Specialist
Analyst
Architect
Consultant
Designer
Developer
Director
Manager
Expert
Practitioner
Researcher
Strategist
Ninja
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4. How to become a UX
designer in general?

11. –Mr Dac Nguyen, CEO VNext
Chỉ cần tập trung vào hai câu hỏi:
1, Có nên làm hay không? (Why & Why not)
2, Làm như thế nào? (How)

12. HOW
WHY

13. HOWWHY

14. HOW
WHY

15. HOW
WHY

16. HOW
WHY

17. Answer the "Why" question
• User Personas
• User Interview
• User Research
• Userflow
• User Journey
• Marketing
• Stakeholder Interviews
• Business Research
• Branding
• Requirement
Gathering
• Competitive Analysis

18. Answer the "How" question
• Sitemap
• Content Strategy
• Creative Direction
• Information Architecture
• Visual Design
• Design Discovery
• Subject matter Expertise
• Identity
• Feature Prioritization
• Development
• Interaction Design
• Wireframes/Visualization
• Prototypes
• Usability Testing
• Copywriting
• ...

19. Support knowledge
• Domain knowledge
• Human Computer Interaction
• Ergonomics
• Cognitive Science
• Psychology
• Philosophy

20. DAILY QUESTIONS Why How
Practitioner/Apprentice/
Sorcerer
5% 95%
Junior 25% 75%
Senior 50% 50%
Principal/Chief/Lead 75% 25%
Head/Expert/Guru/Ninja 95% 5%

21. International level
• More specific, less general
• Professional working attitude
• Communication skills

22. –Jared Spool, Founder at User Interface Engineering
It takes no skills to make something crappy.
Skills are only required to make something
great.

23. Thank you
Quang Phowr
Head of Product Haravan
quang.leanh@haravan.com
phowr.uxd@gmail.com