Completely agree - I'm already in the field and find myself getting down by 'UX influencers' only talking about negative things. The tech industry in general goes up and down - but in my opinion UX isn't going anywhere.

That is a GREAT idea! Thank you so much!

Thank you so much 😭

Hahaha yeah I have a bad habit of forgetting 😂 feels like we've been married for a while!

So glad it was helpful!

Great idea! I'm not an expert but I'll definitely make a video of my personal opinions

I'm so happy that you found it helpful!

You're not alone in this!

Hahaha yeah I guess I need to stop saying it now 😂

Omg thank you so much, I'm so happy that you found it helpful!

It plays in my nightmares

Hello! UX designer pay really depends on the company/area/role - but entry level roles generally start around $70k that I saw. I will make a video in the future all about my pay! Regarding AI, I'm not an expert but from what I've learned I am not concerned about AI taking over jobs.

Thank you so much 🤗

So sorry I didn't see this sooner! I will just say from my personal experience that I have not heard great things about bootcamps that are connected to universities. That doesn't mean USF's isn't good or that something like CF is better, that's just my personal experience.

So sorry I didn't see this sooner, I stopped getting comment notifications for some reason. I have not personally done the Google Certificate, but I imagine it's on par with a bootcamp (only difference might be that Coursera doesn't have dedicated tutors/mentors or job prep like bootcamps tend to). It's all about your learning style - if you feel that you can learn enough from the Google Certification program that you can go off and do your own projects then I would go for it. But if you want to do a bootcamp regardless, I'd skip the Google program and go right to the bootcamp.

I know someone who doesn't have a bachelor's but did a bootcamp and got a UX job (it did take a while though). I really can't say how much having a degree in something affects your job prospects because I do have a degree (even though it's not design related). When our team is hiring and I look at resumes I don't really care about education, I immediately look at the portfolio. So your main struggle would be getting past the initial screening that gets you to the hiring team.

I started my UX bootcamp when I was 22, but I don't think I ever really liked marketing lol

Of course! Tech is in a weird place right now so there will be ebbs and flows of UX jobs. The main way to improve is to build out your portfolio and show improvement in every project. It helps to work with small local businesses who may need a new website, or a friend who has an app idea.

Hi! I did not go through with the job guarantee program, I wish I had, but it fortunately worked out for me. It took me 6 months because I was very picky in my job search - I wanted to stay somewhere long-term. I also took a lot of time to work on solo projects.

Thanks @@MorganUX I’m leaning towards not going to a course. Think I can grind on my own and get something decent. Thanks again.

OMG good luck with your case study! Analysis paralysis is real, just remember that the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the next best time is right now. You've got this!

Thanks a lot Morgan! Keep up the good work with your youtube channel, too! Let's plan trees one by one! @@MorganUX 🌲🌲🌲🌲

Best of luck!!!

@@MorganUX thank you so much!

Thank you! :)

I haven't taken it so I can't really speak on it. All I can say is that I chose not to take it because of the price and I believe they encourage you to go full-time, which didn't work for me. But others have gotten jobs from it!

Thank you so much! Unfortunately I don't have the ability to commit to Buy Me a Coffee anymore, but you can leave your portfolio link in this comment thread and I can review it for a video if that works!

So happy you found it helpful!

April 2021

Hi! I'm not sure I am qualified to answer this. If you're talking about university, there are always scholarships available to undergrads. Graduate school is trickier, I didn't have much luck with that! But definitely use things like fastweb and scholarships.com

Thanks for your information. Love to see more contents from you

Thank you! <3 :)

Hahaha I suppose things are going well, thank you so much for your support! <3

Definitely could have used your internship project during my house hunt! So sorry to hear about your friend and your struggle during your job hunt! I always recommend that people play around with things like their resume when they're not getting bites. I saw a difference in my job hunting success when I started writing brief descriptions of design projects I had done on my resume, as well as writing descriptions of impact and purpose instead of bullet points of tasks for my experience section. If you're getting through to recruiters but not hiring managers, you might want to take a look at your portfolio. If you're getting to interviews but not getting offers, it's time to practice interview skills. I can't offer you advice on if you should get more education, I feel that would be unethical. I can say that I personally wouldn't pursue education over projects due to the financial aspect, and I have never heard someone say that their job search suddenly turned around because of an additional degree. If UX is something you really want to pursue, I would take on more freelance (even unpaid) or solo projects to continue to build your portfolio and get your hands dirty - that's just what I would do! Best of luck!

Thanks, Morgan! I appreciate your wise insights! ✨️

HAHAHA you rock

So I personally have never NEEDED to know any coding in order to communicate with my developers, but jobs generally see it as a bonus! So I wouldn't stress, but if you have the time it doesn't hurt to familiarize yourself. I recommend Scrimba!

@@MorganUX thank you

Thanks for your support as always, John!

I have a video on how I created solo case studies that might be helpful! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ3YdaBtpLSIiZI I used survey monkey for survey participants, and reach out to people on instagram and other social medias to get usability testers and interviewees.

okay thank you! Do you think surveys alone is good enough of a research method or should it be combined with Interviews as well? :)

I'm so glad! Thank you for watching!

Glad it was helpful! :)

If I could start over, that’s what I would do!

@@MorganUX Thank you! Can I connect with you on LinkedIn?

Thanks Mel! I can always count on you to watch my videos 😂

@@MorganUX always 😂