I am thrilled to reveal that Curiosity Tank just launched—along with Paul Derby as a mentor—a brief apprenticeship in user research!

User research is a skill best honed over time. It’s similar to learning a new language or mastering a musical instrument: the more you practice, the better you get. While companies offer internships, usually these are only for undergrads and transitioning professionals don’t qualify.

There are also practical obstacles to an apprenticeship. For example, most UX and UXR work is protected by NDAs.

But I came across the perfect project, which involves benchmarking “find a doctor” online tools. We can define very clearly what to evaluate and how to do it, so we chose three apprentices from our network and are paying them a living wage of $75 per hour. We hope all of us learn a lot and thus increase our odds of offering similar opportunities beyond this 4-6 week experiment.

Paul and I are super excited to see this take shape!

Please add any questions/comments you may have below. We hope to inspire others to create similar opportunities.

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