u/Itaintthateasy

I’m currently a Senior UXR at a Fortune 500. I’m mixed methods on paper and have a social and data science background. I’m comfortable with R and Python and I can survive in SQL. I don’t like doing survey research (sorry if I offend the survey methodologists here!). I can do it just fine, but in comparison to qual research, I find it harder to manage expectations. We don’t have access to a survey panel so getting a sufficient sample size is tough and “directional” insights are not enough. Sure, I can interview 10 people and feel confident in those insights. I can’t say the same for a quick survey. I just find survey research to be risky given all the constraints of my role.

Are there quant UXRs that don’t do survey work? For survey UXRs, how do you push back on survey requests that you know would yield bad insights? I’ve been interested in behavioral log analyses but I don’t hear UXRs talking about it.

A poster from Nigeria vented her frustrations, and it was taken down. Why? There are 5000 posts a day of garbage TikToks, and we can't talk about what's happening?

Look...the slowdowns and ban sucks, and it's making it really tough for us. Many of us immigrants were taught to keep our heads down and work hard, but we can't do that anymore. If your EAD has expired due to the slowdowns at USCIS or the 39 Country Ban, consider reaching out to your creditors for relief. The worst they can say is no (and they usually say yes).

Start with your biggest expense: rent or mortgage. Explain that there has been a delay in your immigration paperwork, and you have been out of a job. Hell, send them the same expedite request you sent to USCIS. Then, go down the list of all utilities. Some will say yes, some will say no. It doesn't matter, just ask. Most utility companies have relief for situations outside of our control. We do not control USCIS.

Good luck, everyone. Praying for us.