How’d You Get That Job? Questions for a User Experience Researcher at Pinterest
Larkin Brown, who studies how and why people use the social-media site, describes her role and how she got there in a new Wall Street Journal column that explores today’s career paths.
Wondering what a “user experience researcher” does all day? Meet Larkin Brown, who works as one at Pinterest. She studies how and why people use Pinterest, a site where users search for products and ideas ranging from this afternoon’s lunch to a maybe-someday dream house. In her role, Ms. Brown determines which features on the site need improving or what should be added to improve a consumer’s visit.
Ms. Brown’s story kicks off a new column for The Wall Street Journal called “How’d You Get That Job?” In it, we’ll take readers...