Life After Tech
@lifeaftertech.bsky.social
You are the phoenix. Career direction, new work opportunities, introspection. Plan (& act) now because you might be done with tech... or tech might be done with you.
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Pls follow me at @DeltaCX.com
LifeAfterTech.info for book, community, podcast, etc.
Pls follow me at @DeltaCX.com
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After a few weeks on Bluesky, a few things are clear. One of them is: I MADE TOO MANY ACCOUNTS!
I will be working in the coming days to consolidate this and @deltacx.coach into @deltacx.com
These accounts will stay open so nobody takes the name. But I will post and respond from Delta CX.
Thanks!
I will be working in the coming days to consolidate this and @deltacx.coach into @deltacx.com
These accounts will stay open so nobody takes the name. But I will post and respond from Delta CX.
Thanks!
After a few weeks on Bluesky, a few things are clear. One of them is: I MADE TOO MANY ACCOUNTS!
I will be working in the coming days to consolidate this and @deltacx.coach into @deltacx.com
These accounts will stay open so nobody takes the name. But I will post and respond from Delta CX.
Thanks!
I will be working in the coming days to consolidate this and @deltacx.coach into @deltacx.com
These accounts will stay open so nobody takes the name. But I will post and respond from Delta CX.
Thanks!
December 20, 2024 at 3:52 PM
After a few weeks on Bluesky, a few things are clear. One of them is: I MADE TOO MANY ACCOUNTS!
I will be working in the coming days to consolidate this and @deltacx.coach into @deltacx.com
These accounts will stay open so nobody takes the name. But I will post and respond from Delta CX.
Thanks!
I will be working in the coming days to consolidate this and @deltacx.coach into @deltacx.com
These accounts will stay open so nobody takes the name. But I will post and respond from Delta CX.
Thanks!
You don't have to make a #change today. But what if you started a #plan?
You don't have to leave a career, change your job, or walk away from something you love.
But what if you had a plan of what would happen if you got #LaidOff or couldn't find your next job?
#HaveAPlan
You don't have to leave a career, change your job, or walk away from something you love.
But what if you had a plan of what would happen if you got #LaidOff or couldn't find your next job?
#HaveAPlan
December 17, 2024 at 2:08 PM
You don't have to make a #change today. But what if you started a #plan?
You don't have to leave a career, change your job, or walk away from something you love.
But what if you had a plan of what would happen if you got #LaidOff or couldn't find your next job?
#HaveAPlan
You don't have to leave a career, change your job, or walk away from something you love.
But what if you had a plan of what would happen if you got #LaidOff or couldn't find your next job?
#HaveAPlan
Sunk-Cost Fallacy: the phenomenon whereby a person is reluctant to abandon a strategy or course of action because they have invested heavily in it, even when it is clear that abandonment would be more beneficial.
I've been in UX nearly 30 years. I don't want to think I'm at/close to the end.
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I've been in UX nearly 30 years. I don't want to think I'm at/close to the end.
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December 16, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Sunk-Cost Fallacy: the phenomenon whereby a person is reluctant to abandon a strategy or course of action because they have invested heavily in it, even when it is clear that abandonment would be more beneficial.
I've been in UX nearly 30 years. I don't want to think I'm at/close to the end.
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I've been in UX nearly 30 years. I don't want to think I'm at/close to the end.
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Many of us wonder about the future of #TechJobs. We're afraid, anxious, and concerned.
I wish I could make you unafraid. I also wish I could make you plan and take action.
Being ready for things you hope won't happen can give you more peace of mind. It's like having insurance.
I wish I could make you unafraid. I also wish I could make you plan and take action.
Being ready for things you hope won't happen can give you more peace of mind. It's like having insurance.
December 16, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Many of us wonder about the future of #TechJobs. We're afraid, anxious, and concerned.
I wish I could make you unafraid. I also wish I could make you plan and take action.
Being ready for things you hope won't happen can give you more peace of mind. It's like having insurance.
I wish I could make you unafraid. I also wish I could make you plan and take action.
Being ready for things you hope won't happen can give you more peace of mind. It's like having insurance.
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There isn't much good news related to jobs and the job market. I'm predicting that 2025 will be worse, not better.
What should I do? Lie to you? Write articles that it's a great time to get into UX? Post to LinkedIn that UX in workplaces is SO empowered and empowering?
UX isn't dead but...
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What should I do? Lie to you? Write articles that it's a great time to get into UX? Post to LinkedIn that UX in workplaces is SO empowered and empowering?
UX isn't dead but...
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December 16, 2024 at 8:26 AM
There isn't much good news related to jobs and the job market. I'm predicting that 2025 will be worse, not better.
What should I do? Lie to you? Write articles that it's a great time to get into UX? Post to LinkedIn that UX in workplaces is SO empowered and empowering?
UX isn't dead but...
1/
What should I do? Lie to you? Write articles that it's a great time to get into UX? Post to LinkedIn that UX in workplaces is SO empowered and empowering?
UX isn't dead but...
1/
Good news! My live in #Seattle bookstore event will be streamed for those who can't be in Seattle. dcx.to/seattle2025
You can register to join remotely or in person. Please share!
#WriterSky #Writers #Booksky #AuthorEvent
You can register to join remotely or in person. Please share!
#WriterSky #Writers #Booksky #AuthorEvent
Life After Tech @ Ada's Books in Seattle
Online registration for Life After Tech @ Ada's Books in Seattle.
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December 16, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Good news! My live in #Seattle bookstore event will be streamed for those who can't be in Seattle. dcx.to/seattle2025
You can register to join remotely or in person. Please share!
#WriterSky #Writers #Booksky #AuthorEvent
You can register to join remotely or in person. Please share!
#WriterSky #Writers #Booksky #AuthorEvent
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Don't forget to check out this great podcast I recently did with Vy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtx...
#LifeAfterTech @lifeaftertech.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtx...
#LifeAfterTech @lifeaftertech.bsky.social
Life After Tech: From Uncertainty to Career Clarity with Debbie Levitt, Ep25
YouTube video by vaexperience
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December 14, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Don't forget to check out this great podcast I recently did with Vy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtx...
#LifeAfterTech @lifeaftertech.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtx...
#LifeAfterTech @lifeaftertech.bsky.social
I tried an experiment. I gave Claude.ai the text of my Life After Tech book. I asked it what % of the book it thought was written by #AI.
#WriterSky #BookSky
Answer:
Based solely on the content, style, and voice - I would estimate that 0-5% of your book could have been written by AI. Here's why:
#WriterSky #BookSky
Answer:
Based solely on the content, style, and voice - I would estimate that 0-5% of your book could have been written by AI. Here's why:
December 14, 2024 at 9:51 AM
I tried an experiment. I gave Claude.ai the text of my Life After Tech book. I asked it what % of the book it thought was written by #AI.
#WriterSky #BookSky
Answer:
Based solely on the content, style, and voice - I would estimate that 0-5% of your book could have been written by AI. Here's why:
#WriterSky #BookSky
Answer:
Based solely on the content, style, and voice - I would estimate that 0-5% of your book could have been written by AI. Here's why:
"Your Life After Tech" podcast episode 9 is now out! Meet Tonia Bartz, who transitioned from UX Research to being a wellness coach.
Next episode coming in January 2025.
#LifeAfterTech #Careers #CareerChange #Coaching
www.buzzsprout.com/2395880/epis...
Next episode coming in January 2025.
#LifeAfterTech #Careers #CareerChange #Coaching
www.buzzsprout.com/2395880/epis...
Ep 009: Tonia Bartz - From UX Research to Holistic Wellness - Your Life After Tech
Curious about making a major career shift? Meet Tonia Bartz, a former UX Researcher turned holistic wellness coach, who shares her journey from the tech world to the realm of integrative nutrition and...
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December 12, 2024 at 2:05 PM
"Your Life After Tech" podcast episode 9 is now out! Meet Tonia Bartz, who transitioned from UX Research to being a wellness coach.
Next episode coming in January 2025.
#LifeAfterTech #Careers #CareerChange #Coaching
www.buzzsprout.com/2395880/epis...
Next episode coming in January 2025.
#LifeAfterTech #Careers #CareerChange #Coaching
www.buzzsprout.com/2395880/epis...
Thanks to everybody for making today a good day for my book! I see some Kindle and Paperback sales from Amazon. #Grateful
LifeAfterTech.info
LifeAfterTech.info
December 10, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Thanks to everybody for making today a good day for my book! I see some Kindle and Paperback sales from Amazon. #Grateful
LifeAfterTech.info
LifeAfterTech.info
Sharing my call for speakers for an event I'm planning. Topics are likely to include #SelfImprovement #SelfCare #Introspection #LifeAfterTech and trying to survive shitty #ToxicWorkplaces
Applications open until 10 Jan 2025. Thanks!
Applications open until 10 Jan 2025. Thanks!
Opening my #CFP Call for Speakers for currently-unnamed #conference / #event Last week of May 2025.
Form links to a Miro board, where I collected topics people said they were interested in.
The topics are half improving tech work and half self-improvement. #LifeAfterTech
Thanks! wkf.ms/41razT7
Form links to a Miro board, where I collected topics people said they were interested in.
The topics are half improving tech work and half self-improvement. #LifeAfterTech
Thanks! wkf.ms/41razT7
2025 Conference Submissions
Hi and thanks for submitting something for our late May 2025 event.
We are looking for empowering and actionable topics. The audience should be able to try or do something after hearing you. And that...
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December 10, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Sharing my call for speakers for an event I'm planning. Topics are likely to include #SelfImprovement #SelfCare #Introspection #LifeAfterTech and trying to survive shitty #ToxicWorkplaces
Applications open until 10 Jan 2025. Thanks!
Applications open until 10 Jan 2025. Thanks!
New #article - Save Money. Cancel Subscriptions.
#SaveMoney #Layoffs #Budgeting #LifeAfterTech
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#SaveMoney #Layoffs #Budgeting #LifeAfterTech
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Save Money. Cancel Subscriptions.
It’s never a bad idea to review your monthly and annual subscriptions, and see which ones you might want to cut.
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December 9, 2024 at 3:30 PM
New #article - Save Money. Cancel Subscriptions.
#SaveMoney #Layoffs #Budgeting #LifeAfterTech
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#SaveMoney #Layoffs #Budgeting #LifeAfterTech
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I somehow missed that in 2024, phones got a phoenix emoji! 🐦🔥 This still shows as bird emoji + fire emoji in some places.
But it's for all of you Phoenixes out there. Plan your non-tech work areas... Even if you don't start them yet.
Plan! 🐦🔥
But it's for all of you Phoenixes out there. Plan your non-tech work areas... Even if you don't start them yet.
Plan! 🐦🔥
December 7, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I somehow missed that in 2024, phones got a phoenix emoji! 🐦🔥 This still shows as bird emoji + fire emoji in some places.
But it's for all of you Phoenixes out there. Plan your non-tech work areas... Even if you don't start them yet.
Plan! 🐦🔥
But it's for all of you Phoenixes out there. Plan your non-tech work areas... Even if you don't start them yet.
Plan! 🐦🔥
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I was just invited to speak to an ACM/IEEE group about the future of tech jobs. I'll be a panelist.
I think back-end devs will be the last ones standing. medium.com/life-after-t...
#LifeAfterTech oops, gotta remember to post from that account too! @lifeaftertech.bsky.social
I think back-end devs will be the last ones standing. medium.com/life-after-t...
#LifeAfterTech oops, gotta remember to post from that account too! @lifeaftertech.bsky.social
Who Will Be The Last Tech Worker With a Job? (The Multicorn)
We are all fighting to show our value. We don’t want to be laid off or replaced by AI. Who will be left?
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December 5, 2024 at 6:09 PM
I was just invited to speak to an ACM/IEEE group about the future of tech jobs. I'll be a panelist.
I think back-end devs will be the last ones standing. medium.com/life-after-t...
#LifeAfterTech oops, gotta remember to post from that account too! @lifeaftertech.bsky.social
I think back-end devs will be the last ones standing. medium.com/life-after-t...
#LifeAfterTech oops, gotta remember to post from that account too! @lifeaftertech.bsky.social
Ep 8 of our #podcast is now live! www.buzzsprout.com/2395880/epis... Meet Jeff Kim who went from years in design and UX to... design, signs, and car wraps!
#LifeAfterTech #Careers #CareerChange
#LifeAfterTech #Careers #CareerChange
Ep 008: Jeff Kim - A Lifetime in Various Types of Design - Your Life After Tech
Jeff Kim is a tech and design expert with decades of experience. His life took some wild turns after being laid off in October 2023. Join Jeff in the warm nostalgia of CorelDRAW and QuarkXPress, shift...
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December 5, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Ep 8 of our #podcast is now live! www.buzzsprout.com/2395880/epis... Meet Jeff Kim who went from years in design and UX to... design, signs, and car wraps!
#LifeAfterTech #Careers #CareerChange
#LifeAfterTech #Careers #CareerChange
Smart and strategic people should be smart and strategic about themselves. LifeAfterTech.info
#LifeAfterTech #HaveAPlan
#Career #Careers #Layoffs #Jobs #TechJobs #UX #ProductManagement #ProductManagers
#LifeAfterTech #HaveAPlan
#Career #Careers #Layoffs #Jobs #TechJobs #UX #ProductManagement #ProductManagers
December 5, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Smart and strategic people should be smart and strategic about themselves. LifeAfterTech.info
#LifeAfterTech #HaveAPlan
#Career #Careers #Layoffs #Jobs #TechJobs #UX #ProductManagement #ProductManagers
#LifeAfterTech #HaveAPlan
#Career #Careers #Layoffs #Jobs #TechJobs #UX #ProductManagement #ProductManagers
We might not always have a tech job. The #AI that gently hinted at doing some of our work last year is now the AI that seems semi-capable of doing our jobs this year. What does next year bring?
I don't want you to be afraid. Future-proof your life by planning what's next. #Careers #Layoffs #Jobs
I don't want you to be afraid. Future-proof your life by planning what's next. #Careers #Layoffs #Jobs
Did you see this? trends.uxdesign.cc I think they went LIGHT on what's going on. Not only does this sound like there isn't much we can do about this BUT they announced they probably won't bother with this annual report in the future.
Bleak but honest.
(continued)
Bleak but honest.
(continued)
The State of UX in 2025
From design tools, to our design process, to the user behaviors that will change the way we design — a list of what to expect for User Experience (UX) Design in the next year.
trends.uxdesign.cc
December 5, 2024 at 8:01 AM
It's Wednesday and that means live stream time soon, 8pm Italy time, 2pm New York time. I'll be live on youtube.com/@yourlifeaftertech taking your questions and talking about some spicy takes I recently saw. Let's apply some #CriticalThinking to these.
#LifeAfterTech #Layoffs #Jobs
#LifeAfterTech #Layoffs #Jobs
Life After Tech
After decades of building a tech career, author Debbie Levitt is one of many people with questions, anxieties, and doubts. As a mentor and coach, the employed and unemployed often ask her, “What happe...
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December 4, 2024 at 5:41 PM
It's Wednesday and that means live stream time soon, 8pm Italy time, 2pm New York time. I'll be live on youtube.com/@yourlifeaftertech taking your questions and talking about some spicy takes I recently saw. Let's apply some #CriticalThinking to these.
#LifeAfterTech #Layoffs #Jobs
#LifeAfterTech #Layoffs #Jobs
Catch me on the Experience Designed podcast talking about #LifeAfterTech, #layoffs, and preparing for #career changes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtx...
Life After Tech: From Uncertainty to Career Clarity with Debbie Levitt, Ep25
YouTube video by vaexperience
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Catch me on the Experience Designed podcast talking about #LifeAfterTech, #layoffs, and preparing for #career changes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtx...
Every Wednesday, I live stream free mentoring and advice about careers. This week: whether or not it's likely that UX practitioners can transition into Product Management jobs. We're frequently advised to do that, but is it a strong possibility in nearly-2025? addevent.com/event/UJ23086210
Life After Tech: Q&A / AMA (careers, side work, future of jobs) (LAT)
Weekly live mentoring/coaching for those considering Life After Tech or adding non-tech work to your tech career. Come and ask anything live in the chat or anonymously at lat.link/q
addevent.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Every Wednesday, I live stream free mentoring and advice about careers. This week: whether or not it's likely that UX practitioners can transition into Product Management jobs. We're frequently advised to do that, but is it a strong possibility in nearly-2025? addevent.com/event/UJ23086210
I'm starting to apply to conferences with #LifeAfterTech topics. I don't expect them to accept me. I know it's a bit spicy to do a talk or workshop on "what work will we do next if we can't find the next tech job."
But someone has to talk about it. #Taboo #Careers #Layoffs #AI
But someone has to talk about it. #Taboo #Careers #Layoffs #AI
November 29, 2024 at 10:51 AM
I'm starting to apply to conferences with #LifeAfterTech topics. I don't expect them to accept me. I know it's a bit spicy to do a talk or workshop on "what work will we do next if we can't find the next tech job."
But someone has to talk about it. #Taboo #Careers #Layoffs #AI
But someone has to talk about it. #Taboo #Careers #Layoffs #AI
Latest articles, podcasts, Discord discussions, and more from the Life After Tech community. #LifeAfterTech #TechJobs #Careers #CareerChange #Layoffs
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25 Nov 2024: What You Missed in Life After Tech
Roundup of recent stuff, published every 2–3 weeks.
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November 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Latest articles, podcasts, Discord discussions, and more from the Life After Tech community. #LifeAfterTech #TechJobs #Careers #CareerChange #Layoffs
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