Is it Too Late to Get Into UX? (Design Automation and The Future of UX)

In this episode, we will answer one of the viewers questions who is wondering if committing to years of learning UX skills is beneficial given the upcoming waves of automation in product design, content and user research disciplines. I'll share the key principles and thoughts that designers need to be aware of when making a decision for your future career development, and how to keep growing despite the inevitable automation.
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[@vaexperience]

The next video in this series will be about the roadmap to complete ux research and design automation. Hit the like if you want it soon

[@ahmedrabiul8529]

Eagerly waiting

[@waleed7523]

This makes me very excited. I feel like the meat of UX design comes down to really understanding the user. Finding solutions that they don't even know the want. As technology continues to advance, our day to day lives are bound to get more complicated. But this opens a lot of opportunity for UX designers to do their magic and simplify the world around us. So exciting.

[@KevinRichard_CH]

Thanks for this video Vy! Automation is indeed not something new. And as you say, things that are predictable can and will be automated. Things are a matter of "disposition" or "arrangements" and this creates new spaces for opportunities. Exactly like the more we know, the more we understand what we don't know, things are not fixed but in constant movements - like the flow of a river, with its zones of turbulences and calm.

[@benj6244]

You're in the right place person 1. As a design lead managing a large design team we still see high demand for our skills. Most importanly, we are still demonstrating the value User Centred Design brings to our clients and that means demand won't die down for now.

[@videowatching9576]

A fascinating video that embraces the opportunity for advances in AI in relation to design, and encouraging a growth mindset to find ways to improve. Inspiring.

[@jayaz9113]

This is like asking is it too late to be a lawyer? A doctor? An engineer ? An architect? A programmer? And the lost goes on………….it depends on so many things, factors, individuals, passion, talent, likes and dislikes, energy, interest, balance, psychology. There is really no right answer for this.

[@fortytwo244]

You know what clickbait is?

[@jayaz9113]

@@fortytwo244 exactly

[@helos09]

interesting point of view.. people are tend to focus on negative part of AI but this video capturing the fundamental of any industry in general. Thanks for the video !

[@lauren123chan]

Really needed this video. It was really affirming to know that even though this industry is being saturated as people are getting in, there are so many areas that can be explored and mastered. I love learning so finding my focus would be really exciting. Amazing video and thanks for making it!

[@PlantMusicLife]

This was a really helpful video to me and addressed some of the questions I’ve have about UX Design. Like the question asker, I’m also starting my journey in UX. I’m find that the more I learn, the less I know. It’s easy to get stuck in the weeds of Ux concepts. The same concept might be called different names by different organizations, which adds unnecessary confusion for someone first starting to learn this material. I’m treating this process like learning a language; I’ll eventually internalize the concepts through repetition to the point where I could create a compelling case study in my sleep without having to look at notes or materials. Thank you for making this channel. I love the content. Keep doing what you’re doing.

[@JaleelBeig]

Basic graphic design will be dominated by automation. But abstract UX only humans will carry out for a very long time.

[@Rolz]

I've been to over 30+ UX interviews in the past year. I have the training and the portfolio to get interviews (2 bootcamps later). But I always don't end up getting the job, or always coming down to me and another candidate. I feel like right now, because of the tons of tech layoffs, priority is being given to people with 3-5 years experience. I don't even qualify for junior roles, which are very scarce as it is. It was already tough before. It's even tougher now. I honestly don't know how much more I can take of this no matter how passionate I am in UX.

[@fortytwo244]

I don’t know any UX designer who started out as a Ux designer, you start as a graphic designer and work your way up, as a junior, you shouldn’t be applying to ux specific jobs, you should be applying to graphic design jobs that are digital based

[@shesoldmychicken7241]

how have you been? are you still doing UX or have you switched to a different field?

[@lux27.42]

hello, please update.. Are you still doing UX or switched to a different field?

[@injhs]

I'm concerned if there will be a lot of competition even with years of experience

[@italoarellanoruiz8157]

we want to know how are u doing?

[@thundergabriel]

HR never couldn't be replace ! Good Point

[@relative_vie]

Healthy discipline and consistency is what makes any skill masterful. In the end even the master did not master it all, just only what he perfected.

[@jayaz9113]

Some automation could drive people bored and the need for new activities to occupy that gap left or simply a new demand in a new paradigma could lead to rise of new trends and things like that.

[@ekeneedebeatu2595]

Wow! This is really great

[@kunaldevi1340]

Even if many processes would be automated, the parameters that would govern these automations must always be designed by people. So in terms of technical experience, coding skills and the good old 'people skills' won't become obsolete.

[@irfanadamm5819]

I think there will be newer challenges to solve. Like has anyone thought of BCI. There is no UI here how do you create an interface with neurone. Each step paves the way for new paradigms.

[@vaexperience]

They aren't that new for ux. How would you ux a programming language or code environment (not app) for devs as users? Same principle and challenges apply, but skilled designers been doing it for decades. That's why true ux and human centric ways are key to survive as a ux designer.

[@mishkalarsoncreations]

All of the IX design jobs I see require a PhD in Psych and such. This is why I stopped prepping for a potential career shift to UC - please advise 🤙🏻

[@denniszenanywhere]

I would say the automation is not the threat to ux design but the overall low value of design in general in an organization. Too many ux designers in the states are realizing they are ux designing for their employers not for users. This is rampant and a scarier notion than AI.

[@Jamie-bu9cq]

Yes.

[@rianenglish1]

Thank you for your video. I also think UX is very easy and I just only done my course then get a job. But after 2 months, I got all rejected from company. I was lost. But then I start think clearly more. I start with the idea which is not much competitor in my area and I think it can be big idea. Go some community, garther other peoples who want to do it together, then we start it now. The picture is bigger day by day. I feel how hard to communite, share, work on tools, connect to user. Amazing, but I hope I can be ok on this hard way.

[@villarrealnews3933]

Do you have a link to the Mckinsey report you refer to? Please and thank you!

[@vaexperience]

Hey it's one of the top google results on job automation etc.

[@italoarellanoruiz8157]

So does it have future or not?

[@Herakleion]

Well. Someone has to design the automation tools to not requiere a uxer

[@ayahjojo8208]

Thanks for another great video! But I have a question: In your opinion, do you think that an informatics degree is good to have to become a UX designer? What are the best degrees for UX?

[@vaexperience]

Check the UX disciplines framework - would be most relevant as fields of study, other than that research, psychology and alike.

[@injhs]

If you ask what is the BEST degree it's HCI and anything closely related to that

[@waleed7523]

Also I can't wait for the industry to get away from websites and apps.

[@Ianmundo]

never too late, but be careful of the Bootcamp Brigade, if you really want to be a UXer, the “I never went to school and got a job after 3 months” brag isn’t something to be proud of. Those people are the easiest to fire. The reason being, they haven’t developed deep skills in working with people, soft skills, psychology but are instead getting by using basic techniques and jumping straight into visuals. What happens when these basic techniques don’t work? A degree in Design Ethnography or similar will make your career and skills more robust and resistant against automation

[@paulinadan]

Do you think one can start in UX being after 35 and coming.from a different field?

[@vaexperience]

Yes definitely

[@hawusiakopkaewski9014]

I'm 35 , and I doing my research of this ! I really wanna change my job but afraid I will be too old to learn this or even get in this field. thanks for answering

[@michjackevermjackson5903]

I worked in bank regional office handling only Excel task and operations task using finacle to process transaction before tat. Now I'm interested in moving it industry where I'm not interested in learning coding I feel complicated to learn code. May I know what should I do to get job in software companies jobs without coding ? may I learn UI ux or data science

[@ux4861]

ui/ux is not dead. Less people will be able to get in and do low level UI stuff due to AI automation. Just like how Autocad and Solidworks killed tons of "drafting" jobs, but the number of engineers worldwide did not decrease due to these tools/softwares. job roles merely shifted. people who used to be good at drawing with pencils, working with protractors and rulers were replaced by people who knew how to use softwares.

[@dw309]

I feel like all this talk about the user is a bit interesting - the "user" seems to be put on a platform as this diety in UX design. Am I wrong? As a laymen to all of this - isnt the general "user" of a product pretty ignorant? Isn't it frustrating designing a product around dumb dumbs who can barely find a login button? Thanks.

[@fortytwo244]

It’s about designing a product that many users can use, that includes “dumb dumbs”

[@dw309]

@@fortytwo244 yea; sounds abysmal

[@charlieb7728]

This should have been titled something about design automation 🙄 still selling people on getting into UX when it’s ridiculously competitive to get into is honestly predatory at this point

[@Daniyoyo]

Humans will ALWAYS know more about humans than AI.. none verbal language , gut feeling , emotion plays into UX in a bigger way ..UI will most definitely be automated truly lol but UX , truly knowing the human experience from a damn AI bot?? I think not

[@sposo]

2:06. 2 humans petting a piece of plastic

[@vaexperience]

metal? but technically correct

[@fortytwo244]

Soon enough ai will replace all ux and ui jobs

[@pavelmares97]

Is it Too Late to Get Into UX? "No"

[@sykowhite9465]

how can you automate an experience lol? ai doesnt have emotions or empathy which are core parts of UX