Jason Buhle discusses what’s important when moving from academia to industry, UX research as a career path, and why usability research matters.
Highlights include:
⭐ Why is Neil Gaiman’s Sandman your LinkedIn banner image?
⭐ What did you learn when you moved from academic research to UX research?
⭐ Have you hired someone for a UXR role from a UX bootcamp background?
⭐ Why is there less rigorous usability research being conducted as UX research grows?
⭐ Do academic-origin UX researchers see usability research as beneath them? 
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Who is Jason Buhle?
Jason is a Managing Director at AnswerLab, the world’s largest independent consultancy, exclusively focused on UX Research.
At AnswerLab, Jason leads a team of a dozen UX Strategists, responsible for designing research programmes for some of the world’s most important and innovative companies, such as Google, Meta, Amazon, eBay, FedEx and Wells Fargo.
In 2012, Jason was awarded a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Columbia University, for his research into cognitive and emotional control. 
His related academic work has been cited over 5,000 times and features in 16 peer-reviewed publications, including top journals such as Psychological Science, Cerebral Cortex, and Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
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Find Jason here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbuhle/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasonbuhle
Website: http://www.jasonbuhle.com/
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