“[UX designers] need creativity and vision to [create] a system that helps a business achieve its goals by making it easy and enjoyable for its users and customers to achieve theirs. You need the ability to both envision the big picture and craft the details. You need the creativity to innovate consciously and the drive to encourage innovation in others.” – Fred Beecher
Check out Fred’s article “Nine Essential Characteristics of Good UX Designers” for his thoughts on the characteristics you must possess to be a good UX designer.

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