“When the COVID-19 pandemic brought this work to a stand-still, I admit, I panicked. In this frenzied state of combatting depression and brainstorming ways to move forward, I remembered a job interview I once had. This job was a receptionist role (one of many “day jobs” in between theatre gigs) and while I didn’t end up accepting the position, that interview had always stuck with me. The job was at a design firm that conducted user research for their clients. As the interviewers were describing work the company did — interviewing users, compiling qualitative and quantitative data, making recommendations for how their clients could make use of this data — I remember thinking “that sounds great, I could do that”. But I was an artist and not interested in a different career path. At least not back then.
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