In 2008 I moved from a primary role of developer at Metservice to User Experience Designer with Westpac NZ. I realised of course that I had been a UX practitioner my whole life, solving user problems and designing experiences and interfaces from the days of buttons, switches and lights through to our current hi-tech appliances. Although the technology has changed significantly, user needs have not and I have found my experience over the years is still as relevant now as it ever was, in some cases more so.