💻IT & Technology🌍 International
UX Researcher
Studies users to make products easy to use
Studies how people use a product so the development team can design interfaces that are clear and easy to use.
What they do
- ▹Runs interviews and usability tests with real users
- ▹Analyzes how people actually use the product (clicks, paths, errors)
- ▹Writes reports with concrete recommendations for designers and product managers
- ▹Tests hypotheses for new features before they're built
Skills you need
- ▹Listening and asking open-ended questions
- ▹Basic statistics for survey data
- ▹English for working with an international team
- ▹Structured thinking when writing reports
- ▹Empathy for different types of users
Focus on these subjects at school
Social studiesComputer scienceA foreign language
Where they work
- ▹Foreign product IT companies — remotely
- ▹International research and consulting agencies
- ▹Freelance projects for startups
Pros
- + A growing profession at international product companies
- + Combines psychology, analytics and technology
Challenges
- − Little-known in Tajikistan — hard to explain what the job actually is
- − Findings aren't always acted on quickly by the product team
This is an international profession: the NTC intake plan has no dedicated program for it — it's in demand worldwide, often remotely. Browse the program catalog for related fields if you'd like to start by studying in Tajikistan.