Anyone can be a UX designer

Anyone can be a ux designer or product designer, with very little training, very little effort. Or can they? Trying to debunk some myths, hopefully motivate some of you, and possibly make some senior uxers nervous (relax, I like you all!)
How easy it is to become a ux designer? That depends on how serious you treat what you do, because for many people it's actually quite easy.
#ux #userexperience #uxdesign
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[@astrotaco_bps]

Dang I really needed this. I was almost giving up. I love how well you simplified it , and that also shows how knowledgeable you are in the field.

[@MalewiczHype]

Thank you! I'm not sure I'm knowledgable, I'm simply doing it for a long time, but definitely I do have knowledge gaps - still managed to design and build successful products and lots of them :)

[@AmineGdoura]

I couldn't agree more. Thank you so much for the advice, I just started working in a new startup and I'm the only designer (we are a very small team) so I was afraid of the unknown future. But now all I care about is just doing what I love and keep pushing myself to improve even further. Again thank you for the advice.

[@MalewiczHype]

You got this! Keep going and stay curious! :)

[@khaldounal-nuaimi3594]

Honestly thank you for making this video! It really helped me with a point I am struggling with recently.

[@MalewiczHype]

Glad it was helpful! What are you struggling with exactly?

[@khaldounal-nuaimi3594]

@@MalewiczHype I have started learning UI design recently and every time I want to post a project online, I just see all those videos on KZbin and Instagram claiming that you can’t design something successful if you don’t fully understand UX and apply it. It is my fault for letting them get in my head, but the online space is filled with UX gatekeepers imo.

[@MalewiczHype]

UX is just a fancy word ;) Of course there's a lot of UI without merrit (and sure, on Dribbble especially) but you can design something that makes sense in terms of how it works + have it good looking without really thinking a lot about any ux processes. It's common logic + the knowledge we have of existing working products :) Good luck!

[@albertcona6499]

Thank you so much, you restore my hope in this career path.

[@MalewiczHype]

You can do it!

[@natyb]

I totally needed to hear that. I like your opinion about UX and pinpointing the most important role of UX designer. It so differs from a bit toxic industry where too many designers are ending burned out because they have to do and know everything.

[@MalewiczHype]

Yes, that toxicity can be overwhelming but we can fight it and we will! :)

[@uifabian]

Hi Malewicz! Thanks for guiding us young aspiring designers to become better! Update: Remember I got my first job after completed the course. My design manager was quite surprised and satisfied on how I design my screens with the red square method. He even asked me to come up with design system since I'm so consistent. So glad that I could use the skills I've learn over here!

[@MalewiczHype]

That is amazing to hear, congrats Fabian! 👍👏👏

[@marijasaric7044]

Yes! Thank you! I used to study small business management and main research really is, in a majority, marketing department job. That's why I was so confused about that Coursera UX research lessons where they basicaly copy/paste market research methods. I had such a flashback lol.

[@hr-qe6io]

Thank you, sincerely. Today I had to unsubscribe from a certain UX KZbin channel because I felt like the creator was kind of gatekeeping this profession (Every time I watched their video somehow I became less and less confident in my knowledge and skills rather than feeling inspired). I know it’s probably not their intention and others may not agree but that’s how I felt. I have been on my learning journey for many months now, trying to gather information online anywhere I can and get feedback on my projects from designers I know personally but sometimes I tend to get discouraged even though I already got a product designer role at a company. Anyways I love your content, I got your UI book too, keep up the great work!

[@RealMehedi]

Same same... Btw which channel are you talking about?

[@MalewiczHype]

Thank you! Gatekeeping is sometimes unintentional, that's because it's a bit "Systemic" as in it comes with the territory, so people who taught them also did it that way. My plan is to do it in a more open way - it's not rocket science! :)

[@6alonl]

I know your feeling. I stay away from such snobs and toxic people. One person that I really like is mike locke. He’s very down to earth and positive person in this field

[@rutujamungekar8729]

Appreciate the honesty!

[@MalewiczHype]

My goal is to motivate people :)

[@MsDaggers]

you are soooo right!!!

[@n-o-i-d]

I'm an Android Developer and I just bought your book. I'm so excited to read it. Keep up the great work!

[@MalewiczHype]

Thanks, let me know how you like it! 😎🙌

[@n-o-i-d]

@@MalewiczHype I was mesmerized by the presentation style of the website and the sample PDF, that's what made me buy this book. After reading it, I can confirm that the quality of the content matches the quality of the visual presentation. My first statement confirms what you also said in the book, "people buy into a product or a service with their eyes first". I fully recommend this book to anyone who is working on digital products. Being a mobile app developer myself, the lessons from this book will serve me for decades to come, both in designing my own projects (which I am currently working on), and in working more seamlessly with designers in teams. Totally worth it. Tomorrow I will read the bonus book "UI Design Styles" which I received for free. I already skimmed through it and it looks like a nice sweet "dessert" after a very satisfying meal, which was the main book.. :D

[@marijasaric7044]

@@n-o-i-d That is very helpful, thank you!

[@abaddierey]

Love this❣️

[@MalewiczHype]

I hope to motivate as many people as possible to start learning :)

[@designtian]

This is very inspiring, thank you!

[@MalewiczHype]

Glad you like it! Are youlearning UX right now?

[@designtian]

@@MalewiczHype Yes sir! I worked as a graphic designer for several years. I did some UI/UX work in my previous job. I'm learning UX right now and plan to become a UX designer in the near future.

[@MalewiczHype]

That's a great career choice! Just remember to keep going no matter what, as it does take some time to get really good - but if you're motivated you'll get there :)

[@gbj6581]

Thanks 👍👍👍

[@Beast80K]

I personally think anyone who has passion, interest and likes to design Ui/Ux should pursue their education in Ui Ux field. Nowadays, students/people want to become anything that earns more , but what's point of doing something you don't like. Because if you do something for the sake of doing, soon you will remain where you were. *Follow your heart*

[@MalewiczHype]

That's true, but some people don't yet know what they want to do - that's why I believe more people should try it - starting with the free courses and classes when possible :)

[@Beast80K]

@@MalewiczHype Exactly right !

[@RealMehedi]

haha...you spoke the truth... thanks for opening the eyes :D

[@MalewiczHype]

Always! I want as many people do it as possible! :) There's still a lot of cool stuff to build!

[@enabell2203]

Omg this idea is gonna break the UX industry :)) but i love it !!

[@MalewiczHype]

This is not THAT idea yet ;) but close

[@waltermelo1033]

I put a question about bad UI on Amazon. but I got answered here already. if the value is high people will just go beyond that bad UX.

[@pedrogorilla483]

Good luck

[@fernwehtwl]

curious to know does UX get easier for someone to do and faster to solve the ux process the more you do case studies?

[@MalewiczHype]

It's not an infinite set of possibilities, instead the solutions to most problems are within established patterns so the more you do it the more you know which one to test first :)

[@fernwehtwl]

@@MalewiczHype thank you!

[@vishtrinity]

Hi ..i am 33..my first ui dev job was in 2013 where i designed and developed webpages back then...i lost my job in 2019..now thinking of switchin my career to design...but i honestly feel UX design is almost saturated and overrated...what wud be ur advice to me??

[@MalewiczHype]

If you already worked on UI and dev then definitely jump into modern web design - it's saturated but mostly by juniors, so having any experience already puts you ahead :)

[@cmdv42]

💯

[@MalewiczHype]

🙌

[@waltermelo1033]

a case of high value. really bad UX, it was on Brazil where I live on the pandemics they made an app to receive government money. using that app was a pain, you should wait on a queue line, just like a bank. and, that was painfully hard to install the app in another device, in case your smartphone get stolen (a common thing that happens here). but anyway. people need to survive they would go for that humiliating experience to have food on the table. (including my own family at those hard times)

[@sanaraheem5000]

Thats the bitter truth. Taking a ux course. I realize it just the same things repeating. And simple ideas and findings shown in charts.. Or. Lengthy words. It does organize ans makes easier to read while thinking of design ideas..i can disagree on onr thing. That ux process is important ans useful for big projects. By the way not just ux or ui. I see these days everything is explained in complex and detailed way.. And repeated ways when they can be explained in short and precise way.

[@MalewiczHype]

UX Process can be important, but even big projects don't need the ENTIRE ux process. It should be suited to the problem at hand, and 99% of the cases (even big ones) can be solved by a simple design-test-repeat scenario and a UX research team not doing Product Market Fit ;-)

[@tomsonow]

@@MalewiczHype Michał, don't you think that having UX folks from earliest phase of the development will increase likelihood of product-market fit? Especially if such people have experience in the particular market let's say e-commerce? In those early phases companies make very risky assumptions and good analytical mind should point them out and help to validate. I personally see UX as a role and in a small team this role can be fulfilled by CEO or Product Manager, but only if they are educated. UX specialisation exists only in highly competitive markets or premium products, growth of internet created such fierce competition. Seems like we are in a prolonged gold rush driven by innovation in technology and design in form of ux became a next aspect of competition for the "gold". Designers on service of gold diggers, that doesn't sound too nice... but what I see as valuable is that well educated designers are humanists and tend to put some emphasis on ethics, so that whole busineses become at least a bit more human and environmentally friendly, instead of just a money digging machine. Isn't this a nobler ideal for designers to pursue? I personally worked a lot with awfully designed internal tools which were underinvested because they don't bring $$ directly, but good internal tools create sense of craft in the company, sense of pride in employees, just like a beautiful office, unfortunately some gold diggers in startup growth phase do not get it. I was doing ux improvements and more and more people were using those tools, I was satisfied that it empowered people to do things they couldn't do before. Interpersonal communication can also be a good or bad experience, not that many people care about others in how they communicate, can such people become good ux designer in case they don't create good experiences for others in such simple situations? :-) I know it's idealistic, but aren't we doing that for the people? Isn't ux folk a spark of some culture in a harsh world of business and mechanics of technology?

[@tomsonow]

It turned out to be many points, I hope that is though provoking, I'm interested in your view on things ;-)

[@6alonl]

Many gatekeepers and idiots in this profession. The truth is that you don’t need second degree in psychology. Ux design is in my opinion not a hard profession to learn.

[@MalewiczHype]

That's my point exactly - to make it more accessible to regular people and so that they're not as afraid to start.