Getting my Masters in HCI & UX | Grad school for UX designers

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[@zachdavies9047]

Super excited for you Morgan! Congratulations!

[@MorganUX]

Thank you!

[@kiwimorado]

The pain of existence with a big smile jaja. Congratulations on the house!! I love your channel.

[@MorganUX]

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

[@ForeverHeHim]

Congratulations again, Morgan, on starting your master's program and thanks for taking us on your journey through grad school! I graduated from Designlab's UX bootcamp and also completed an internship with a real estate finance startup, but finding a UX job continues to be a big challenge! I have a teaching background and at this point, am debating on if I should pursue instructional design. My friend who introduced me to bootcamp sadly got laid off as a UX designer and wasn't able to land one either. ☹️ She was thinking of applying to an MS program in Learning Design and Technology and I might try as well! Any of your insights would be appreciated! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on why you are taking this opportunity whilst also continuing your full-time career! Makes sense to me. I'm curious to know how things go along the way, so I'll stay tuned! Love your shirt and yay for being a homeowner! 🏡 (my internship project was actually about helping customers save money to buy their first home!)

[@MorganUX]

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!

[@ForeverHeHim]

Thanks, Morgan! I appreciate your wise insights! ✨️

[@runnysmokey4765]

Was wondering if you could make a video on the UX design world now that AI is out and about

[@MorganUX]

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

[@krzysztofamoras4737]

I don't think that you still feel this pain of existence. Maybe before but definitely not now. Look inside. You are happy. Good for you. 🤞🤞very best for you. 🎉Congrats.

[@MorganUX]

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

[@aval6734]

Hello Morgan, I am excited for your learning journey. I would also like to ask if there are any scholarship program for UI/UX for undergraduate student?

[@MorganUX]

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

[@aval6734]

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

[@After_u847]

That’s great news! Good luck🎉 is it still possible to buy you a coffee and get some feedback for a portfolio? 😊

[@MorganUX]

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!