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Episode 26: Bridging Tech and Design with Yi Xin Ang

2023/6/6
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Yi Xin Ang: 我从游戏美术师转型为产品设计师，是因为我更关注用户交互和解决实际问题。学习编程帮助我更好地理解技术，弥合设计和工程之间的差距，让我能够更有效地将设计理念转化为可用的产品。在政府部门工作时，我更注重灵活性和自主性，能够快速适应变化的需求。而在商业公司工作时，流程和规范更为严格，需要与更多团队协作，并理解商业逻辑。 在设计技术密集型产品时，了解编程知识至关重要。它使我能够更好地与工程师沟通，理解技术术语，并更有效地设计产品。同时，我也能更好地参与产品开发的各个阶段，从需求分析到原型设计，再到最终实现。 我个人认为，学习编程对产品设计师来说非常有益，但并非所有设计师都需要精通编程。更重要的是，设计师需要具备良好的沟通能力、同理心以及对用户需求的深刻理解。 Dalen: 本次访谈主要围绕着Yi Xin Ang在产品设计领域，特别是程序员技能在产品设计中的作用，以及在政府和商业领域的差异展开。通过访谈，我们了解到程序员技能可以帮助设计师更好地理解技术，提高沟通效率，并更有效地将设计理念转化为可用的产品。同时，我们也了解到在政府和商业领域，产品设计的工作方式和侧重点存在差异，这需要设计师具备不同的技能和适应能力。

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Yi Xin shares her journey from being a game artist to a product designer, emphasizing how learning to code has enhanced her design capabilities by bridging the gap between design and engineering.

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Yi Xin is a senior product designer specializing in UX and UI with over 13 years of experience of solving problems and crafting great user experience for businesses and consumers. Her experience in software engineering and frontend development knowledge to be able to work with product development teams seamlessly to translate vision into functional and delightful experiences. She was previously from Stripe and Amazon Web Services and had also led UX and Design in multiple projects at Open Government Products, GovTech such as Parking.sg. RedeemSG used for CDC Vouchers scheme and Vaccine Appointment System.

Join us to hear us cover:

  • How proficiency in coding helps you design better?

  • Difference between designing for local vs global, for government vs business

  • Yi Xin's career journey: From a game artist to a product designer

  • Staying resilient during the tech layoffs

  • Side projects tinkering with code and design