I get this question a lot, and how I like to explain it is this: user interface (UI) design is for making things look good, while user experience (UX) design is for making things work well.

Both are necessary in the overarching UX design discipline and we can’t have one without the other.

This industry speaks out to me as a place where I can combine my desires of helping people and being creative. I love being able to solve design problems, especially while collaborating with others, and my meticulousness and pixel perfection ensures I’m always doing my best for others.

I learned so much about the design process that sometimes I forget that not every step is “necessary”. Depending on the project and its scope, I might not have to do things like storyboarding or lo-fi wireframes, or I might have to do every step consecutively (or out of order, even).

I’ve realized that it’s important to know of, and how to use, each design step so that when the time comes, I’m able to leverage their benefits for my projects and clients. But, it’s also important to remember time constraints and to use only the steps that will help.

I like both equally 🥺 but if I really had to pick, I like cats that act like dogs.