{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fascendux.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fyour-ux-career-won-t-design-itself-mD3LQEPX","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Your UX Career Won't Design Itself","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ababfe0c-373e-4324-b6ad-cf3dffbc2edb/eb5eb9ee-495a-47ea-91c0-7712be49677b/episode_1617.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/4dcc311f-7df4-4e7a-88aa-5da92920d18f\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Your UX Career Won&apos;t Design Itself\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"What does it actually take to build a long and meaningful UX career? In this episode of Ascend UX, Ayan Bihi sits down with Ravi Singh, Vice President of Design and User Experience at PROS, to explore the mindset shifts, habits, and honest truths behind leading a UX career with intention.\n\nFrom his roots in fine arts and print design to becoming a design executive over 25 years later, Ravi shares the lessons that shaped him, including why relationships matter more than craft at a certain point, why shipping beats polishing, and why the best thing a designer can do early in their career is start thinking like a leader.\n\nWhether you are just starting out in UX or navigating your next big step, this conversation is full of practical wisdom and a few refreshingly uncomfortable truths."}