Zebra People Podcast

Episode 05: Journey of a contractor through to consultancy owner

Nick Grantham discusses UX career journeys with Afreen Saulat and Jaffar Khorshidi, both of whom he’s placed into various contracts in the past, starting with their very first ones. Years later, they’ve each setup their own consultancies, which Nick talks though to understand how it differs to working as a regular contractor as well as how and why they took that route.

Topics include the consultancy mindset when targeting project work, diversity woes; when the ‘wrong culture fit’ feels like something else, and commitment to clients whilst achieving a work-life balance that suits their individual needs and perspectives.

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