Ask HN: Do you find it challenging to talk to your users? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Do you find it challenging to talk to your users?

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Post by germinalphrase » Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 9:15 PM UTC

hn_ltl-ftc wrote: post #90

germinalphrase wrote: post #80

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I absolutely will. I’ve looked at UX more generally as a possible career alternative and believe I would be good at it. Can you speak at all to the career prospects/lifestyle of UXR?

You might find the following experiential program of interest: https://www.bentley.edu/centers/ux-education Or something more academic: https://www.bentley.edu/academics/graduate-programs/masters-... https://www.hcii.cmu.edu/ To answer your specific question re: "career prospects/lifestyle of UXR"; I used to do that work full-time, and even founded a consulting business around that. FWIW, I also chaired one of the la…

Thanks for the comments and references.

While I have a creative background (previous life as a Local 600 cameraman on features/commercials/music videos/etc, father was a design professor) - I am not an illustrator or designer by experience.

If I make a jump, I would aim for tech in some capacity (UX/UXR, Sales, PM are current focal points), but between now and June - I’m just gathering information.

Re: Ask HN: Do you find it challenging to talk to your users?

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Post by youniverse » Sat, Apr 30, 2022, 6:30 PM UTC

I like what Twitch does. They send a email offering a certain amount of users to complete their survey $5. I think $100 is worth learning what 20 users think and it's a good incentive!

Re: Ask HN: Do you find it challenging to talk to your users?

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Post by testmasterflex » Mon, May 02, 2022, 10:21 PM UTC

AussieWog93 wrote: post #82

testmasterflex wrote: post #76

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As a fellow hardware founder, may I ask your revenue on that? Or some ball park number of how many you sell? I understand if it’s private.

I sell about 100k USD worth of hardware a year. Of that, profit is something like 50k USD. This is just a hobby project now (my main business is second-hand and refurbished video games, of all things), so I'm very happy with those figures. Just as a side note, I think the main thing other hardware founders get wrong is logistics. They don't keep the right amount of hardware in stock to account for the incredibly burs…

I’ve emailed you :)