Navigating UX: Your Roadmap to a Fulfilling Career
Are you wondering if a career in user experience design is right for you?
Have you been lured by the BootCamp marketing ads but aren't ready to leap?
This guide can help you understand what UX design is all about and what a career in design is like. By the end, you'll know if UX is right career choice for you.
You might be wondering why you should read this. There are a million and one “guides” out there on how to become a UX designer. Don’t worry, I got you.
What is this book? What is it not?
This is a guide for you to understand what user experience design is as a career and what it actually takes to transition. This book will not teach you UX. However, this is an important read if you are trying to figure out if the UX world is the right fit for you.
Chapter outline:
- What on earth is user experience design?
- What does a UX designer do all day?
- How do I know if I would make a good designer?
- Find your transferable skills
- Identify your ideal learning environment, budget, and timeframe.
- You picked a learning method! Now, do this before you start.
- Dive in and complete your bootcamp. Work hard and with intention.
- Perfect your portfolio.
- Network, network, and network. And do the work.
A super-quick, but informative, guide on how to navigate the world of UX, starting from what design even is, how to know if design is right for you based on your skill sets, and what your best path forward is to learning.