Yes, how you learn UX design *ACTUALLY* matters

Take it from someone who learned UX Design without ANY previous experience. If you want to set yourself up for success, you have to do this ONE thing before anything else. Whether that's a UX BootCamp, self-taught, freelance, podcasts, ux books, ux masters program, you can't just jump into it and I'll tell you why in this video.

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00:00 Intro
00:41 The truth
02:10 How I learned UX design
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06:45 To-do 4
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[khuyentran]

Agree with most of what you said~. A bit of sharing here: the reason I got a job (or getting attention from recruiters) is joining lots of hackathon/design challenges. I once won a design challenge hosted by NASA and it really took off my UX career. No bootcamp, institutions etc. One course I learnt so far is Google UX course. I remember my intuition telling me that experience working with different stakeholders (PM, developers) is the most valuable thing, following constantly upgrading technical skills (design system, usability testing, etc.)

[AnthonyAnyasi]

I’m just starting my UX career I’m so glad I found you

[miguelvaldescarbajal]

Thanks for sharing your experience. If you don't mind, I have a question: do you think age is important to get started as an UX designer?

[rohitsai]

Honestly the thumbnail is very misleading, i thought you'd list out resources maybe but yeah, a lil disappointed 🤧

[lhing.h]

as a highschooler interested in this field, do you think I should pursue a degree in human computer interaction?