Psychology
Japanese
What is your current job?
User Experience Design Contractor at SpaceX
Why did you choose this profession?
It combined my interests in psychology, design, computers, and helping people.
What more do you wish to accomplish in your professional career?
I'm just starting out, so more experience in general is always helpful.
Tell us about a decision or change you made that turned out to be a positive career move.
While I was at Haverford, I didn't really know what I wanted to do, so I just did the things that were more enjoyable to me (working with computers at the IITS ProDesk and learning about the whys and hows of the world in Psychology) without any particular plan of how I was going to synthesize that. Discovering that user experience design was actually a job that included both of these aspects and more was really exciting.
How has Haverford influenced your professional career?
Coming from a liberal arts background gave me a different perspective on my new field and has allowed me to contribute more to my employers and the teams that I work with.