About Me

Besides being a UX researcher, there are a few other things that take up a fairly large part of my life. Mostly music, psychology and sports.

Music

I have been playing guitar since my early teenage years, which has led to some pretty incredible experiences over the years.

I play in a band called Dope Calypso. Some people say we are pretty good. We were the first Hungarian band to play at Primavera Sound in Barcelona. 🤙

I have also been involved in artist management since 2014. For years I managed other artists alongside my own band, organised tours, attended international conferences and showcase festivals, worked on releases, and generally learned how the music industry works from both the artist and management side. My background in advertising and media turned out to be surprisingly useful here, especially when it came to communication, campaigns and understanding how to get people to pay attention to something.

Music also pulled me into the organisational side of the industry. I was one of the original founders and organisers of Budapest Showcase Hub, a city based showcase festival connecting Hungarian and international artists and music professionals. I also worked with Artisjus on the conference programme of Songwriting Expo 2020.

These days I spend more and more of my music time producing electronic music and DJing. This has also given me a perfectly reasonable excuse to accumulate synthesizers, drum machines, effects, controllers and other pieces of hardware that I clearly need.

Psychology

A few years ago, I went back to university to study psychology. The decision came partly from my work in UX. If your job is about understanding people, I thought it made sense to actually learn more about how people think and behave.

I completed my MA in Psychology on the Cognitive Psychology track in 2024. Going back to university while working full-time had its ups and downs, but it is still one of the best decisions I have made.

My thesis focused on judgement and decision making in online environments, particularly cognitive biases such as risk aversion, the endowment effect, anchoring and framing.

Sports

When I was younger, I did athletics, football, basketball and pretty much anything else that involved moving around. During university, sport gradually became a much smaller part of my life.

I got back into regular training in 2021 and have stuck with it ever since. I usually train three or four times a week, mostly functional and weight training, and I sometimes cycle outside, and I tend to gravitate towards gravel riding.

I also pay much more attention these days to nutrition, recovery and generally trying to keep myself functional enough to continue doing all of the above.