Really appreciate you sharing your story. This gives people like me less excuses to think we don't deserve better opportunities, and focus towards achieving career goals. A big thank you!
Excellent advice, especially, "If you don't already have the kind of work you want in your portfolio, then make it." That's largely how I landed my first contract job at Microsoft (which then turned into full time). I created a FUI design (the kind of UI you see simulated on device screens in movies) and added that to my real-world work portfolio. When the art director saw that one piece, she said, "That! That's what I wanted to see..." It got me hired. Changed my whole career.
I’m 17 and just finished an internship where I designed an app layout and ended up coding a portion of it. watched a few of your videos and an excited to strengthen my skills over the next few years :p
Awesome to hear your story bro 🙏🏼The hustle is inspiring. As someone who is new to the field, I experience lots of imposter syndrome, but content like this allows me to push through it!
Coming from a full-time UI/UX Designer, your first designs put my first ones to shame 😅 You at least had a sense of alignment. Most of my early work looks like a bad modern art piece that would be shown in a third world country. Anyway, what I love about your story is how you picked each goal stemming from a passion point of view instead of mainly business. although business sense is important, I believe you had the right roots to grow.
Realy happy to hear your real world experience . Agreed , there is no excuses , work hard burn midnight oil just do your work . If you don't have real client , create them .
Man, I've been following you for about 6-7 years now. Still struggling to get to where I want to be, but there's something about you that always motivates me to step up my game. Such an inspiration, bro. Keep these videos coming!
Those designs were good though haha😂❤️..Man I love your videos! You inspire me and anytime I watch your videos I get a lot of ideas for my channel. Keep creating Mizko❤️.. We look up to you
Oh! Great to see you over here Michelle ✨ Thank you. I've been doing this for over 10 years now. That's why I feel like I want to start sharing and teaching everything I've learnt. Hopefully you learn a thing or two!
Amazing that you’ve literally embodied the entrepreneurship image since your school days! Absolutely love your content, and this was absolutely the validation I needed to walk my own path. (Currently I’m at the #designchallenge phase, and I’m figuring out how to double down on my strengths. Incredibly hard with how challenging landing a junior design role is these days, but still so fulfilling)
Thank you Bianca! I really disappointed my parents at first but around 13 years later, I guess I've proved to them there are opportunities beyond the standard career pathways. Appreciate it and glad you enjoy the content. #DesignChallenge is such a great moment. Embrace the uncertainty. Try new things, be curious, keep experimenting. Who knows where it will lead you! Keep it up.
@@Mizko Underrated comment. I've heard Asian parents can be hardcore about career choices. But think about the day you can pay their mortgage/rent if you so choose! I've met an Asian web entrepreneur who claims this single accomplishment as the greatest highlight of his professional career. I digress, but...,I like Mizko learned as a child to make stuff on the web (in it's infancy - the 90's if we're being serious). It made my career - it made my life. If I were a high school teacher I'd share this video with every one of my students. The point being -- Learn how to build something on the web to support one of your passions. You'll learn marketing by experience, and will find yourself very marketable. Most of the stars I've met in my career started out this same way.
It's quite possible that I once used your that proxy thing you did back when I discovered my school also blocked myspace in the computer labs and I had to rotate through quite a few haha
Thank you for your story. I grew up with Jacki and Bruce, today (43) a brand designer and practicing my passion Shaolin Kung Fu and Muay Thai:) never to late to learn ^,^
@@Mizko I really hope you will have a great feedback, the course would be filled with students simultaneously! Because you so much deserve it, you give so much value!
You are such a intelligent young man, i just had to subscribe i hope that me (interested and very passionate in UX & UI Design) and my young son 15 years old who is passionate about game design can learn from you, keep up the great work 👍🏼😊
I really do hope that you found this video useful and that it helps bring guidance to your very own journey. Please make sure to gently smash the LIKE button and subscribe to get notified of Part 2 of the series! Part 2 is out now - th-cam.com/video/olnK_B4z4RY/w-d-xo.html Yours truly, Mizko
Great video. I would just really like to add this. Putting enough in your portfolio is not only about about making your portfolio aesthetically pleasing and smooth, but you should also put a lot of enough into your project case studies. Having a beautiful portfolio but scanty case studies is not also ideal.
Hey Mizko! Thank you for sharing your story and tips which definitely can be useful on my UI / UX way 😉 Great tips and great suggestions! Keep going! Hello from Ukraine 😉
Really happy to hear Kyrylo!! Please let me know how it all goes. Sending you good vibes from Sydney, Aus! Maybe a few of your people used my site back in the days too 😉
Love that you’re sharing your journey with us! Can’t wait for the rest. Random question, what books would you recommend to someone who wants to get into UI UX or tap into the Industry? 🙏
@@Mizko Your so welcome you deserve it. he put a post on TH-cam. That’s the great thing of this community to learn and to discover other designers or web developers over and over. 💪🏻💪🏻
All your advices work in your country but it's so different in others like in France. Even in Paris, having a job as a UX/UI Designer is very difficult, I'm even wondering if I will not move to US to take experiences. I have a master degree in digital creation with UX major when I was in a bachelor. The problem is that I don't have experiences in UX. I even did sandwich courses, so I was working as an employee for 3 years but as a graphic designer. In France, every companies want someone with 3-4 experiences in UX and they even look your degree. It's crazy.
Great story man. I think the other ways of making seven figures as an UX Designer including being a Design Director or VP of Design at one of the FANG companies or get lucky/work hard as a co-founder of a successful startup. But ways being extremely difficult!!
Hey Mizko, looking to creating a course on how to become a 6-figure freelancer in UI/UX Designer? I would love and I think so do other people :). Love your work!
I've just graduated from university in the UK with a Marketing degree. I am 22 and currently do not have "good design skills" but this career really interests me. So do I try to become a designer or get a job in marketing first? Thank you MIzko, appreciate your videos and effort you put in them.
Well sir you seemed to be more relaxed and excited at the same time when you are telling your own story:) BTW I start to think that I should leave some comments in Chinese...你能看懂吧？
Hey X, haha I am very passionate about people's lives and their careers. I really want people to do well. I'm so sorry, I can speak cantonese but my reading and writing is very limited. I can only write my Chinese name!
Hello Misko, You are polishing UI and your video with your work setup. If you could please reveal your work setup, what are the things you use to make videos. If you could help me, I am planning on starting a TH-cam channel. I am inspired by you. I hope you will consider my request. Could you post your gadget videos?
Hi Mizko, I love your story! May I ask how you overcome the NDA projects? Most of my project I signed NDA, so it's a slow process to get enough useful projects that I can show in the portfolio... I wish to use my portfolio to land a position that I wish as well!
Hey Liz! Thank you. Great question. What I've always done is that I'll STILL create a case study section on my portfolio and display the projects I have worked on. Instead of showing everything, I just show 1 screen and say it's coming soon. This way you have JUST enough to show prospects what you can achieve but you're not breaching anything major. If you REALLY have to.. create side projects. Similar to what I did. Design and create your own projects to showcase from end-to-end.
Really appreciate you sharing your story. This gives people like me less excuses to think we don't deserve better opportunities, and focus towards achieving career goals. A big thank you!
Really appreciate you sharing your story. This gives people like me less excuses to think we don't deserve better opportunities, and focus towards achieving career goals. A big thank you!
Thank you Abhishek! 🙏🏼 We all start with nothing and we have to grind our way to get what we want. Keep it up! You've got this.
Excellent advice, especially, "If you don't already have the kind of work you want in your portfolio, then make it." That's largely how I landed my first contract job at Microsoft (which then turned into full time). I created a FUI design (the kind of UI you see simulated on device screens in movies) and added that to my real-world work portfolio. When the art director saw that one piece, she said, "That! That's what I wanted to see..." It got me hired. Changed my whole career.
Great story and outcome indeed. Do you have a portfolio? Would love to learn a little more about your journey as well. You still around at Microsoft?
Damn there’s so much value in this video! This stuff is life changing for those who take these tips and run with it. Keep up the awesome work! 🔥
100% Jaidyn, thank you and glad you enjoyed the video.
I’m 17 and just finished an internship where I designed an app layout and ended up coding a portion of it. watched a few of your videos and an excited to strengthen my skills over the next few years :p
Not a UX designer but very entertaining to watch! Love how you hustled and got started into all of this!
Thanks Ray! 🙏🏼 We'll be talking about everything design and business on this channel ✨
Awesome to hear your story bro 🙏🏼The hustle is inspiring. As someone who is new to the field, I experience lots of imposter syndrome, but content like this allows me to push through it!
I'm going to be sharing a video about imposter syndrome and how I overcame it throughout my career ✨ Chin up and keep smashing!
Coming from a full-time UI/UX Designer, your first designs put my first ones to shame 😅 You at least had a sense of alignment. Most of my early work looks like a bad modern art piece that would be shown in a third world country. Anyway, what I love about your story is how you picked each goal stemming from a passion point of view instead of mainly business. although business sense is important, I believe you had the right roots to grow.
Realy happy to hear your real world experience . Agreed , there is no excuses , work hard burn midnight oil just do your work . If you don't have real client , create them .
Hey Wajahat! That's it. Thank you so much. Glad you resonate to the story. I'll see you around here more often.
Man, I've been following you for about 6-7 years now. Still struggling to get to where I want to be, but there's something about you that always motivates me to step up my game. Such an inspiration, bro. Keep these videos coming!
Nice series :) Keep posting!
Holy. Thank you so much. I’ll be sure to line up Part 2 and 3 soon. Love what you do and I’ve been following your tacos for many years.
Those designs were good though haha😂❤️..Man I love your videos! You inspire me and anytime I watch your videos I get a lot of ideas for my channel. Keep creating Mizko❤️.. We look up to you
Awesome! I'm very happy to hear. I will continue delivering 2 videos every week to help you elevate as a designer.
You name dropping all these sites really is brining me back to the early days haha, you were like the og UX hustler.
You are a very smart Asian dude who takes actions!! Inspiring!
Oh! Great to see you over here Michelle ✨ Thank you. I've been doing this for over 10 years now. That's why I feel like I want to start sharing and teaching everything I've learnt. Hopefully you learn a thing or two!
@@Mizko Not just a thing or two! One keyword: action!!!
@@michellezhu1559 Action is everything! No more rolling around in bed and slow mornings Michelle! 😂
@@Mizko hahaha noted!
Man Satori I love you thank you for recommending this and Mizko? Thanks for existing im gonna binge watch all of your figma videos 😘
Thank you!
Having passion is the top most important thing for success!!
An inspirational story and a reminder not to give up!
🔥 keep pushing forward.
Amazing that you’ve literally embodied the entrepreneurship image since your school days!
Absolutely love your content, and this was absolutely the validation I needed to walk my own path.
(Currently I’m at the #designchallenge phase, and I’m figuring out how to double down on my strengths. Incredibly hard with how challenging landing a junior design role is these days, but still so fulfilling)
Thank you Bianca! I really disappointed my parents at first but around 13 years later, I guess I've proved to them there are opportunities beyond the standard career pathways.
Appreciate it and glad you enjoy the content.
#DesignChallenge is such a great moment. Embrace the uncertainty. Try new things, be curious, keep experimenting. Who knows where it will lead you! Keep it up.
@@Mizko Underrated comment. I've heard Asian parents can be hardcore about career choices. But think about the day you can pay their mortgage/rent if you so choose! I've met an Asian web entrepreneur who claims this single accomplishment as the greatest highlight of his professional career. I digress, but...,I like Mizko learned as a child to make stuff on the web (in it's infancy - the 90's if we're being serious). It made my career - it made my life. If I were a high school teacher I'd share this video with every one of my students. The point being -- Learn how to build something on the web to support one of your passions. You'll learn marketing by experience, and will find yourself very marketable. Most of the stars I've met in my career started out this same way.
It's quite possible that I once used your that proxy thing you did back when I discovered my school also blocked myspace in the computer labs and I had to rotate through quite a few haha
This is fascinating,really appreciate ur pathway for becoming UI UX designer
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Finally have the time to catch up with your videos 🙌🏽
My first client project was a poster for a music festival. I was paid $40 😅
Keep up the series :)
Thank you Richard! Ha, let's not discount the fact I failed 23 design contests for $0 😂
Thank you for your story. I grew up with Jacki and Bruce, today (43) a brand designer and practicing my passion Shaolin Kung Fu and Muay Thai:) never to late to learn ^,^
Agreed! It's never too late. I trained Muai Thai a few years ago. Definitely a much more brutal workout than Kung fu haha!
Currently thinking "smash the like button gently" needs to be a part of my tinder bio :D
HAHA this is gold! Made my day.
Greetings from Russia, my friend. Thanks to you and the proxy server you have made ❤️😁
Haha! Serge 🙏🏼 Great to see you here from IG. I am so happy to be serving your people from the other side of the globe.
@@Mizko I really hope you will have a great feedback, the course would be filled with students simultaneously! Because you so much deserve it, you give so much value!
This is one of the best intro to UX videos out there. What is the best UX course to get started?
Quite an inspiring journey. Would also like to watch a similar video that tells us about your journey to starting your own design studio.
That will be covered in Part 3! Part 2 will be Freelancing then Part 3 will be the design studio 👌🏼
wow you got me at "woah woah woah before you skip". How did you know lol
You are such a intelligent young man, i just had to subscribe i hope that me (interested and very passionate in UX & UI Design) and my young son 15 years old who is passionate about game design can learn from you, keep up the great work 👍🏼😊
I really do hope that you found this video useful and that it helps bring guidance to your very own journey. Please make sure to gently smash the LIKE button and subscribe to get notified of Part 2 of the series!
Part 2 is out now - th-cam.com/video/olnK_B4z4RY/w-d-xo.html
Yours truly,
Mizko
Thank you, it is very inspiring!
As an aspiring UX designer, this is so inspiring! Thanks mate! Keep rocking!
wow, so inspired me. I'm inexperienced and willing to learn about UI/UX design.
I think this is the right channel to learn and motivate me. thanks!!
Great video. I would just really like to add this. Putting enough in your portfolio is not only about about making your portfolio aesthetically pleasing and smooth, but you should also put a lot of enough into your project case studies. Having a beautiful portfolio but scanty case studies is not also ideal.
Very inspiring story, I admire your passion!!
so grateful to come across your channel!!!
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What a journey! and what a future a head! let's get it
Cheers Dan! 🔥 big things coming.
Looking forward to the next part!..... Love how you share your experience objectively and keep it real....... Subbed.
Hey Mizko! Thank you for sharing your story and tips which definitely can be useful on my UI / UX way 😉 Great tips and great suggestions! Keep going! Hello from Ukraine 😉
Really happy to hear Kyrylo!! Please let me know how it all goes. Sending you good vibes from Sydney, Aus! Maybe a few of your people used my site back in the days too 😉
Love that you’re sharing your journey with us! Can’t wait for the rest.
Random question, what books would you recommend to someone who wants to get into UI UX or tap into the Industry? 🙏
Thank you Aims! Really appreciate it. Lean UX is definitely a very good book to pick up if you're interested in real, tactical processes.
Really nice man, came to you following the advice of Satory Graphic. Keep going
Thank you so much Christophe! I'm really curious to know, where did Satori mention my channel. There's a lot of you haha. I need to thank him.
@@Mizko Your so welcome you deserve it. he put a post on TH-cam. That’s the great thing of this community to learn and to discover other designers or web developers over and over. 💪🏻💪🏻
Thank you Mizko! Your story is really encouraging.
Subbed because I respect your hard work and journey
Thanks buddy! 🔥
Really insightful and encouraging content! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Le Dude!
You are incredibly inspiring brother! Just subscribed!!! You seriously rock!!
Excellent story, very inspiring 🔥🙏 thank you for sharing🙏
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I'll be watching more of these, thank you for the values you are sharing 🎉👍❤
Thank you JOv!
My smashing of the like button is never gentle Mizko 😉. Lol, keep up the good work!
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All your advices work in your country but it's so different in others like in France. Even in Paris, having a job as a UX/UI Designer is very difficult, I'm even wondering if I will not move to US to take experiences. I have a master degree in digital creation with UX major when I was in a bachelor. The problem is that I don't have experiences in UX. I even did sandwich courses, so I was working as an employee for 3 years but as a graphic designer. In France, every companies want someone with 3-4 experiences in UX and they even look your degree. It's crazy.
So the hustle started with Neopets, Gunbound…and a sandwich 😂 love it!!
Neopets is how I got my start in web design!
Great story man. I think the other ways of making seven figures as an UX Designer including being a Design Director or VP of Design at one of the FANG companies or get lucky/work hard as a co-founder of a successful startup. But ways being extremely difficult!!
hello mizko, impressed with way you shared you valuable things with us.
oh heck yea, thanks for sharing man :D Shaoling monk eh...
Thank you David! ✨ One step at a time.
Great ep, a ton of awesome advice. We'd love to have you on our podcast!
Great video! Love it. 超正!!
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Hey Mizko, looking to creating a course on how to become a 6-figure freelancer in UI/UX Designer? I would love and I think so do other people :). Love your work!
I've just graduated from university in the UK with a Marketing degree. I am 22 and currently do not have "good design skills" but this career really interests me. So do I try to become a designer or get a job in marketing first? Thank you MIzko, appreciate your videos and effort you put in them.
Agreed. Guys take it seriously - you have to passionate designers to get the best available roles and opportunities in the market. Period.
Well sir you seemed to be more relaxed and excited at the same time when you are telling your own story:)
BTW I start to think that I should leave some comments in Chinese...你能看懂吧？
Hey X, haha I am very passionate about people's lives and their careers. I really want people to do well. I'm so sorry, I can speak cantonese but my reading and writing is very limited. I can only write my Chinese name!
haha i remember neopets! 😂😂
I loved collecting Code stones. They looked so appealing.
Really Nice video :) Pls create an video on Design thinking..
Thanks for the useful and inspiring video.
You a life saver
The secret is to design in the laptop standing in the streets
When I design, I always design outside against a fence
What do you mean?
I think your communication skill also very impressive. Made some content for communication perhaps.
Practice! Do more client meetings, record yourself presenting something, talk in-front of the mirror. Practice makes perfect.
so nice information
Hello Misko, You are polishing UI and your video with your work setup. If you could please reveal your work setup, what are the things you use to make videos. If you could help me, I am planning on starting a TH-cam channel. I am inspired by you. I hope you will consider my request. Could you post your gadget videos?
Mr. +Satori Graphics brought me here
Appreciate your arrival
You are amazing . Satori graphic
Thank you!!
Omg neopets :') haahhaha super blast from the past!
Haha. Can't believe it still exists..
Where is part 2?
I don't like to code, Can I still become a ux designer?
Sent by Satori
Hi Mizko, I love your story! May I ask how you overcome the NDA projects? Most of my project I signed NDA, so it's a slow process to get enough useful projects that I can show in the portfolio... I wish to use my portfolio to land a position that I wish as well!
Hey Liz! Thank you. Great question. What I've always done is that I'll STILL create a case study section on my portfolio and display the projects I have worked on. Instead of showing everything, I just show 1 screen and say it's coming soon. This way you have JUST enough to show prospects what you can achieve but you're not breaching anything major.
If you REALLY have to.. create side projects. Similar to what I did. Design and create your own projects to showcase from end-to-end.
Thanks for your reply Mizko, it's very practical and it works for me!
I want learn ui ux for beginners so can u tell any website?
Hi mate!👋
How to create more value for my team or office when I'm an intern as uiux designer?
Satori sent me
🙏🏼
Satori brought me here
Glad you you're here!
Hi, you just miss something. You didn't talk about "MIZKO" what is the story behind "MIZKO"?
That will come in Part 2 😉 You were very attentive Minhas! Make sure to subscribe to get notified when P2 comes out.
Always follow your tips from LinkedIn to insta & TH-cam 👌 ❤️
@@minhasasif100 Lovely! Grateful for the support.
Hi Mizko I took the google UX design certificate .. can you tell me what the next step to be professional in the UX/UI ??
Satori sent me here....
Appreciate it. Enjoy your watch
I want to be a UI UX DESIGNER do I need knowledge in graphicsdesign
Trying to figure out how to "Gently Smash" the like button
I got a good chuckle out of this one!
So you traded several $K per day for a crappy 9-5 job, which made you what, $4K at max per month?
Did you watch till the end? I also don’t think you watched Part 2. Link in description buddy
Do you know coding languages ??
U r smart
Seeing this in 2022. what was your thought process of idea generation of revenue generating websites?
7 figures with no experience 😂
Still have none
@@Mizko sure 👍🏽
your first designs were terrible man 😅
Informative video, can you check my portfolio let me know what you think am looking for Graphic/Web Design jobs.
Really appreciate you sharing your story. This gives people like me less excuses to think we don't deserve better opportunities, and focus towards achieving career goals. A big thank you!
Chin up and keep hustling! No one deserves success. We all have to work for it.
Satori sent me
Thank you Likhit!