Optimise Your Learning in UX (and Avoid the Tutorial Hell)

In this video, I'll cover some key principles that can help you optimise your learning in UX and avoid the so-called tutorial hell - where you get lost and drown in the sea of courses, books and other learning material. All to no fruition or results. Tutorial hell is also one of those hardly avoidable states which every growing UX designer and user researcher will face at some point in their journeys.
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[@oleksandrashumakova1320]

it looks like you are a treasure among video hell about UX on youtube

[@dannab8069]

Thank you so much for this advice! It was eye-opening and very helpful, really grateful I found your channel. Keep it up!

[@artpass0s]

Your suggestion of being patience is so true! Skills take some time to be developed.

[@xinranpeng4466]

This is really helpful and thank you for sharing! I graduated from art school two years ago and didn't really like what I was doing, so I decided to go to grad school and transition to the UX track. I have four months before going to grad school so I'm thinking about what skills I should learn. I found your videos really helpful, as a very junior designer and did only freelance works after graduation, I feel lost and I don't know what hiring managers what and I don't know what can I do to be a better candidate. After watching your video, now I think I have a pretty clear career plan and have a good idea of what I was lacking. Again thank you for this great content!

[@abodiit]

valuable video, as usual, also I enjoyed reading your book a lot and learned a lot from it, I think you should talk also about the internship for junior UX designers especially in early-stage startups ( it seems nowadays it is the only way to get a job as a junior because they don't have the money to hire seniors), and how we can optimize our learning while we doing the internship because from my own experience they don't have the budget and the time to apply proper UX.

[@vaexperience]

Hey great q. let me have a think how to frame it

[@ruoxilim94]

I second this! I'm in that same situation you just described. Would love to know how best to optimise learning while dealing with the fast-paced work typical of a start-up agency.

[@2525samot]

Thank you so much for the constructive guidance vaexperience. You have the most pragmatic and beautiful way of approaching subjects. Keep on the great work

[@julianTrichardson]

You've opened my mind man!

[@-grey]

This is great. I have really tried to demonstrate my soft skill sin my portfolio as I'm just starting out. I want to communicate how a think to recruiters. My general reasoning is that following the formula isn't all of problem solving at the end of the day, you need a soul for the machine too.

[@lightworker9517]

Serendipity. Wow I really needed to hear this. Thank you

[@MrXaviergaudette]

Continuous great content. I’ll be buying that book soon.

[@AhmetEfeoglu]

Very good video that is underrated. For any UX Designer, who has aspirations this vide is why I recommend them the book peak by Anders Ericcson that teaches you how to practice. There is a big difference between knowing how do something(know how), actually doing it(skill) and then doint it very well(mastery). Keep it up man this video was awesome ;)

[@mohamedfarag7913]

Many thanks for your really helpful advice. It's my only problem to just learn without applying in the real world. Just frustration.

[@tactboogie]

Priceless! Much respect!

[@deipty222]

This video needs to be shared and reshared!

[@martinabozhinovska53]

Happy new year Vy.🎄Thanks for the video. I appreciate the challenges you provide - they are a great opportunity for everyone who wants to practise UX. Can't wait for the next challenge. :)

[@NativeAgroNg]

Hi, where can I find the challenges?

[@vaexperience]

Check my other videos on the channel

[@SarahAndBoston]

Great points! Thanks for this video.

[@fernwehtwl]

I read your book but watching this video is a great review :)

[@jsummar]

Great video. I'm sharing this with my junior UX-wannabees. I want them to push past their comfort zone with "design doing". BTW, your audio is 100% better! Your earlier videos are helpful, but so difficult to hear you. Thanks for the great content.

[@vaexperience]

Thanks for sharing it!

[@sfnick92]

Super relatable. Expanding your knowledge is good, but until you can show that you’ve applied what you have learned… who cares? Show don’t tell.

[@oarabileseoke4141]

This is golden 👏👏👏

[@TheHennes36]

Really good advice - applying skills to a problem that you have not been able to solve well before is very valuable for learning - and actually the most satisfying part of learning: I mean what can be better about learning new skills than seeing how they get you ahead on a real project? I would also have a question for you: At my current job we work a lot with A/B Tests and therefore often had chaotic (or none at all) strategies on where to go with the product. And I wondered whether modern insight and outcome driven product development can even have such linear/long-term things as strategies anymore? Do you have any tips on how to deal with this increased uncertainty in the development process? Are you familiar with the approach of Opportunity Solution Trees and have you had experience working with it?

[@__hushm3]

You know how you need a mirror to see yourself. - thank you for being my mirror. I just realized I've been stuck in the tutorial hell.

[@ziedsouissi8309]

quote of the video "Learn and apply" in every field you are.

[@LinzyLinz7]

We list the tools and courses on our resume more so as keywords that will appeal to the automated hiring software that scans our resumes.

[@leonyeap8221]

This makes me think of the Figma tutorials that I watch and don't learn much from. Learning by doing exercises and projects is the way to go.

[@platinumdynamite]

I head that Get Into UX book is really great for anyone looking to get into UX 😄

[@vaexperience]

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[@christian9553]

Hi Va, thanks a Lot for your content. I'm struggling with the tutorial hell as you said. My problem is that I don't know what things I should learn and Focus. I started several courses and tutorials but I know that I'm doing it wrong. What would You Say that are the key things that someone needs to learn in order to be a good UX/UI designer? Thank You again!

[@MariaBure]

Hey Happy New Year!!!🎄🎉Thank you, valuable insights indeed. I'm just wondering what is the best way to apply the principles we learn. Is your own website/project sufficient to practice the skills? I understand the UX as a process where for each individual project we need to cherry pick the UX techniques to improve it. Which means that not all the techniques will be suited for all the projects. So, as UX students, should we focus our learning on the needs of the project we are currently working on (e.g. our own website) and learn as we go, or is it better to just learn every technique out there and then look for ways to apply it in order to learn (e.g. create some conceptual projects)?

[@vaexperience]

Depends on the complexity of the skill, but yes. If you can take what you learned and practised in a secure environment and apply it to real world scenario(s) (ideally more than once) successfully you can tick it off. As with every skill it then will come down to repetitions - the more you do it, the more you learn of the exceptions, edge cases, unpredictable issues.

[@MariaBure]

@@vaexperience super, thanks 👍

[@djashawe88923]

So true.

[@Qambar44]

Yes 🙌🏽

[@jenstornell]

Great tutorial on how to stop watching tutorials. 😁

[@coco2011gtwn]

Hi. Thanks for the video - insightful, and many others I have watched from your channel. I would like better insight on what 'experience' in industry really means. Sounds like an obvious question, but often UX newbies get into this field from other careers e.g. psychology, law, medicine, education etc. UX is a lot about research and design. Research is multidisciplinary when you are designing for a variety of clients. Why does experience from another field not count as much - I find that odd. UX designers work in a team - it is golden when a UX designer with a background in medical practice, designs medical systems. Lord knows a lot of medical systems need tonnes of UX guidance. So how come, that is not considered experience. As many vlogs have indicated, its not about the pretty pictures, it's about understanding the process. Are we short changing previous experience?

[@vaexperience]

Very good q - it's a matrixed, multilayered issue that has a lot of factors. I'll try to make a vid explaining my thoughts on this

[@coco2011gtwn]

@@vaexperience thanks so much. I look forward to watching it.

[@josefigma5806]

This is a good video,

[@TheRandomChinwe]

I NEED THIS

[@vaexperience]

You got it! 😀

[@ninanordbo]

Whats your take on setting up a UX portfolio on a blockchain domain?

[@ninanordbo]

Sorry for not checking your earlier videos found my answer here kzbin.info/www/bejne/enjLdqGKmbqtoJY

[@trungduchua1786]

Hi, thank you so much for your work here. I just wonder do we really need a bachelor degree to become a UX/Product designer? Or a certificate is enough? Since this field is new and not many university offering courses.

[@vatsalaykhobragade]

No. We don't need any degree or anything. A course certificate is enough. I got my internship without even having a course certificate. I just had one ux case study and it got me my first UI/UX job.

[@cask2010]

@@vatsalaykhobragade Can you elaborate on how you went about doing this? I'm currently in a BootCamp, and decided to start applying for jobs early so I can hit the ground running. Results so far have not been good :D

[@Mila-ml2oo]

@@vatsalaykhobragade hey do you have any advice on how you came up with your case study?

[@rubypaterson4569]

Hi there, does your UX education book offer any hard copy or ebooks only?

[@vaexperience]

Paperback is out as well

[@shine4design]

Hey Vy, do you do some private portfolio reviews?

[@vaexperience]

Hey, unfortunately not - have no time to do any 1:1. It's also a reason why discord community was created - worth a check if you need someone to give some pointers

[@shine4design]

@@vaexperience thanks for you quick reply. I didn't know about that. I'm in, thank you!

[@ilyakalinkin6102]

Thank you for addressing this tutorial hamster wheel. Almost felt to this trap :P

[@samm4699]

Does this apply to UX fields only ? Or other design fields too ?

[@vaexperience]

Absolutely every specialty and flavour of design and user centric research... In fact, this is an underlying dynamics that anyone could apply in their learning for all jobs out there

[@ArupKarmakar98]

Where can i get your uxui challenge? Can i get a solution version of your challenge for comparison with mine?

[@vaexperience]

Check my other videos on the channel

[@Fillup82]

Perhaps UX interviews should be a series of critical thinking exercises rather than a list of certificates 🤔

[@linenwood13]

tutorial hell🤣🤣🤣 great way to describe it

[@nicholasgood470]

Danish Don