Career Development
Breaking Into A Tech Career: Zero Experience
The process of landing a job at a startup, what skills employers are most interested in, how to position yourself and a few other tricks of the trade.
Jillian Berger
UX Researcher, MainStreet
Denver
Jillian graduated from General Assembly’s UXDI course in 2017. Since then she helped build the first UX team at Transamerica as well as the research practice. Since leaving Transamerica she has wrapped a contract with the state of Colorado leading their UX efforts on the COVIDTech team. Most recently, she joined a fast growing start-up, MainStreet, leading their UX research practice. Jillian lives in Denver with her pattern and fur babies. When she’s not working you can find her riding her bike around town, hiking, reading, playing board games and spending time with friends. She’s always interested in meeting new folks in the UX space so don’t hesitate to reach out!
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