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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ม.ค. 2023
- In this video I'll show you tried and tested techniques my community members used in 2022 to get their very first industry job. I'll guide you through the three main steps that surprisingly small number of designers actually do in their entirety. If you want to be a successful ux/ui designer in 2023, make sure to take notes and then take action!
This is based on over 500 portfolios I've seen last year, hundreds of stories of juniors getting a job, evaluations, 1on1 discussions and talks with medium and small companies.
Why focusing on smaller enterprises? Well in case you haven't noticed all the big ones are now FIRING instead if HIRING. I believe it's for the better as in a small company there's more chances to grow as a designer and learn other skills like user research, usability studies, competitive analysis, interaction design, animations, working with developers and a lot more.
2023 is going to be fun :-)
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Super helpful advice as always! Looking forward to continuing my journey and combining these strategies w/ my boot camp knowledge 👍🏾
Great content Malewiczs. Thank you very much for sharing.
My biggest tip here is choosing to focus on UI Design and Networking. Really amazing video
Thanks! Happy to hear it resonates :)
wow I'm very impressed by how objective and realistic your video is. This is one of the most important videos that junior designer candidates should watch!
Wow, thank you! I'm trying to always deliver as much value as I can, happy to see it resonates :)
Just what I need at the moment, thanks for this wonderful piece. 🤗🤗
You're welcome 😊 I'm back to having fun making these videos :)
Thank you!
It’s so true.. UI skills are so important to make your work stand out. That’s where I’ve been working so that my designs actually stand out. And of course the networking like you said.
Thank you so much Michal for this video. It's great to see that your videos are improving every week. I feel like I'm on the right track because of your videos. 🤗
Great to hear! Yeah I'm having a bit more fun with video editing now :)
Let's forget for a moment about the great value and information you have shared in the video. The video editing and flow were engaging. I literally didn't know the video was finished. Great work on the edits!
Appreciate it - they take super long but I am really enjoying making the videos lately :)
That was really helpful 🙌🙌🙌❤️
Thanks for all the nice guidance you're providing. Your style is effective and practical in a fashionable time manner.
I appreciate that!
I am glad I have stumbled upon your channel right at the beginning of my journey. I love your no BS approach, you probably have saved me thousands of wasted hours focusing on wrong things already. Happy New Year Michał 🎉
Welcome aboard!
Wooooow Amazing tips! Thanks for the input Mr. Malewicz.Cheers Man
My pleasure!
As always Michal, you got your audience glued to the video with 100s of transitions and segments, this shows how brutally detailed and skilled designer you are.
I wish! Still learning video editing
Thank you! You are one of the most credible and resourceful designers I’m learning from 🎉
Happy to hear that!
wow this was great thanks!! I learned from you in another post that focusing on visuals rather than fake research is the way to go, which was super helpful and motivating. I understood the principle of networking, but I really appreciate you laying it out so clearly! A lot of work ahead but I have never been so jazzed to learn something and hustle for it! Thanks! 👊🏻Also thanks for all the laughs 😂
Glad it was helpful! That's my main goal for this channel - so people can truly change their approach for one that works :)
What a way to kick off the new year. Thank you, Michal. I've already started breaking free from templates and being more unique.
Happy new year! That is great news! :)
Thanks a lot. That was such an encouraging and useful video packed with practical tips. I agree that UI is just as important as UX especially when starting out. In my opinion, the beautiful UI comes down to a harmonious relationship between UI elements such as icons, buttons, font size, input field, etc. However, it's not easy to decide the size of UI elements with confidence. Do you have any tips on how you decide the size of different UI elements for different screen sizes such as mobile and desktop? If you happen to follow the design systems and interface guidelines for that, what should we look for exactly and how should we use them to our advantage?
OMG! this is Gold stuff b4 i m into reasearch part i scared about the research & my portfolio
now i got the clear picture thanks man....with load of love
This has been really helpful! Networking can be overwhelming but I'm finding people are actually super interested in UX Design when I bring it up. Joining design groups has been the most valuable resource in continued learning outside of course work and finding industry talks to attend. 🔥
That's the perfect approach!
I really appreciate your content. Its wonderful how you give the answers and i mean the REAL ANSWERS not just repeating all the stuff people put on their instagrams. They have many words to say, making many posts while you just make some complete view with whitespace sizes and this is it! One page, few seconds and i got it! You really deserve the price you have for your Course. When I get hired I will buy it for sure and i hope everyone they will in their time to repay your hard work you give us for free.
I hope you enjoy it. I wanted to add that your motion(? im not sure) effects are great and progress really fast, you seems to have fun and i did awell. :D
Thank you! It means a lot, I'm trying to do things my way instead of copying others and I'm happy when people notice that :)
I will follow every word you suggested here. Thank You, Brother.
You're most welcome! :)
This thumnail though 🔥🔥🔥
Happy New Year Michal!! We hope for greater things this year, and I'm looking to win a spot on your Designer of the month too ⚡
Happy new year!! :)
A great start for the year with brilliant advice as always 🙂 learnt a few things which I will definitely try and implement, especially improving the networking part, which I feel I need more help with 🙂
Thanks for the great tips like always 😉
You got this! And your projects quality is already top notch!
Thanks for this inspiring video, I really appreciate the way you empathize with juniors and mention that everyone of us is a special coin.
I want to ask about ways to improve myself more on ui ?
Dopiero dziś Cię odkryłam na yt. Dlaczego tak późno? Dobrze ,że jesteś!
Bardzo mi miło ;)
I liked the entire video and it was difficult for me to choose a favorite tip. I needed to hot down some notes while you were talking. One tip that really stood out to me is joining communities and being engaged in conversation. This is an area I need to improve this year and in my portfolio.
Thank you! I really aim to help as many people as possible and I happen to be around many people who succeeded (as juniors) so I talk to them, hear how they did it and then compile it all into these videos :)
I really agree with your point about how some user research done for spec work portfolios don't have as much weight considering you don't have access to data and even your vetting process for good research participants could be extremely flawed.
Having exceptional visual design skills and then getting a job that allows you to pivot into research would be an awesome way to learn and get better. When you're now dealing with real data and research resources, you can really prove that you can research well in that scenario.
I've heard about many great researchers getting their skills honed that exact way - through getting a job with UI first :)
The really helpful one for me was using Medium and engaging in conversations.
I spend so much time applying for jobs that I forgegt to work on my Network.
Gonna have to find that balance.
Thanks for sharing Michal 💯
Awesome! And yeah, it's important to have a good mix of both projects and networking of course, but getting seen is essential :)
I like the idea of the networking as it's super helpful ❤️
Yeah that's the only way to get what you do seen, so it's completely necessary :)
I started sharing my journey on becoming a UX designer on TH-cam right from the very beginning, before I ever even opened Figma before. It’s an awesome accountability tool for me, and having other people relate to my content is really rewarding! Hopefully it helps me stand out when job hunting 😃
Definitely! If employers like your work, they google you and the more places they find the better because they see you have grit and ambition :)
Super helpful tips
This resonated with me since whenever I see videos that explain a bunch of things that sound more complicated than: People have eyes. They can see what’s impressive. I think it’s going to be just that simple.
Most things are more simple than we're led to believe :)
Thank you. I've been read 'The Design of Everyday Things' by Donald A. Norman /edition 2002/, and technology changes rapidly, but people change slowly. Your video is the specific actions bridge the gap between what we would like to have done /our goals and intention/ and all possible physical actions.
About networking I remember this quote by Adam Grant /psychologist, writer/:
"Authenticity is not about being unfiltred. It's about staying true to your principles.
The goal isn't to voice every opinion you hold.
It's to STAND UP for ideas that are consistent with your ideas.
Being genuine is closing the gap between what you value and what you express."
Good and interesting information🤓I have got interesting thoughts and points from this video, thank you!!!😌 Just made some notes :) Recentrly decided to switch to UI/UX design, si i think it's very relevant for me now🙃
Honestly, this advice is for me. Thanks Malewics
Great to hear! I love when people get jobs and progress, so I'm trying to get more people to do that :)
Let's go!
Favorite Tip: Write about your journey. Someone may always be a step or two behind you.
Favorite diss: Useless PNG certificate.
I am proud of my PNG. You can't take that away from me.
Thank you Malewicz!
Haha yeah I know that PNG can feel warm and cozy to have on your wall, but in reality recruiters or companies don't really care about it :)
I love Inter, because it's the closest to Apple's SF font and I adore Apple. Time to move on to another font. Will try out those you listed though.
Thank you for this information and I’ll also love to join the slack group 😅
For that you need to email or DM me on Twitter as I can't share the join link publicly in a comment :)
can’t wait 😊
See you there 🔥🎉
I love your videos, I feel like this info is just what I need to get me going in this field. I am currently learning UI design, formerly a web/multimedia designer from 10 years ago. I decided to take a leave of absence for family reasons. I guess that is my biggest obstacle right now- looking good to employers when I am almost 50 and also having a 10 year hiatus. Personally, I feel like coming at UI from a deep foundation in web design when the web was in its infancy should actually be a big asset, but its seems as though they want the fresh, young designers.
Right now the hiring landscape is generally not that great, but it's really all about standing out. And definitely experience from the web design days can be useful.
What matters most though are the portfolio projects - when they're high quality most people don't even open the Resume, they email directly.
@@MalewiczHype Thank you!
Great use of mid journey for BGs 🙂
Malewicz is the BEST when it comes to design. I've bought all his courses!!
Thanks for all the support!
I remember pushing myself to be super active on LinkedIn in 2017-19 but I eventually quit because it's extremely boring and I also kinda hate humans... it's easier to wow recruiters in the job application than to fake interest in random people on LinkedIn
There are various ways to network, I've seen many people use LinkedIn very successfully.
@@MalewiczHype Yeah, those people were likely successful because they'd genuinely enjoy leading the types of conversations that happen on LinkedIn, for me it was pure torture having to fake interest
@@Box0898 I second the faking interest thing is horrible.
My struggle with LinkedIn is that I'm so new to the field and LinkedIn I don't have anyone in my network. I also have very little idea how to use LinkedIn just because I barely use social media to begin with. So I have zero idea who to follow.
I agree with you brother, kind of like a leech mentality sort of thing that I don’t want to be a part of. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate people…it’s just I’m at a point where I can detect when conversations are either genuine or just mouth breathers throwing their 2 cents in to appear interested. It’s a clout game at this point. Then again, as a product designer, that’s the main purpose of these platforms is to keep people consuming for as long and frequently as possible. Kudos to you though. Not for quitting, but for being able to identify it’s not for you.
I liked your tip to make it personal, even to the point of placing your own photo there :) I'm a graphic designer with 8+ years in the creative industry, but because of the overall low self-esteem, I keep thinking about myself as a junior or someone with a little to no skill. Currently on a sabbatical to regain my mental health and want to go back to working soon. I struggle with networking and I'm at the phase, where I want to find a mentor to learn from, who could help me get more realistic perspective on my skills.
If possible, I would love to see some tips from you on how to network effectively without it being/feeling cringe.
Keep up the good work!
I'm in a really similar position. I've been a graphic designer for years working for my family business and because of my self perception I still think of myself as a junior position for every design job and that I don't know everything because I didn't take a course. Also trying to take care of my mental health while being bad at networking...😅 I would also really like to see someone about how to network in a way that doesn't come off weird for us awkward folks
Good luck with your journey towards finding work that fits you!
@@nad1991 Hey thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. It's uplifting to know, I'm not the only one struggling and I hope for both of us to get to a better point! :)
you charge so that my hands do not fall. And I believe that soon I will find my first job!
I know you will!
The Outro music on this channel makes watching videos more enjoyable 😁
Lucky pick then
hello, your material submission is very cool. I would like to hear your opinion, if you are 33+, should you go into design? or choose some other field in IT?
Thanks! Malewicz , A piece of great information for people like me, I am also doing a Coursera google course, 2 finished, 3rd pursuing, It's a good course to give the basic knowledge and to understand the base of UX, But of only the course certificate and case study is not gonna help me to get a job, as I think, I would use the basic knowledge to enhance in my own research, real user interview, real data problem statement. With all the help, I can expertise my design thinking, UI, and networking discussion. Competitive analysis is a hard thing to do for me, what to observe in an App or Website, It's like being in a design review without information about it. Can you provide some observations on that?
Thank you for your content, Michal.
I JUST started your UI Boring course and it's so fun. I'm excited about how my skills will improve after this.
I have a question, which of your courses would you suggest taking after the boring UI course? (I've already finished the Google specialization)
Great to hear! I think the best next step would be the web courses (either one of them) as they teach skills that are a bit more rare in the industry - easier to stand out. :)
@@MalewiczHype Great, Im on it.
Thank you.
So, I just started a UX Design course which does include some UI training but towards the end of the course. I chose that one instead of the UI-focused course because several Junior designers told me understanding UX is critical to being a good UI designer.
Now that I've started the course the Design Lead at my current company told me I should have strong UI skills instead and the UX is gonna be learned "on the go". I feel like I fucked myself over but I'll try to learn the UI on the go. Good thing is, the Design Lead told me it's supposedly doable and as long as I have solid basics in UI I have a shot at moving to the Design team internally. I feel like in the current market this would be my best shot but I'm also terrified xD
Hi Michal, should I go for the boring UI course or part 1 UI mobile apps course first?
Hi Michal!
What’s the best way to work on my UI skills? I try to come up with ideas personally but that takes quite a while. Will thoughtful replication of existing pages help?
You are dropping F-Bombs
Unintentionally ;)
Almost there
See you soon :)
Hello malewics, i am waiting for your video👍
See you there!
Great insightful information as always! rip roboto
Thanks for watching! Do you have another font in mind? Satoshi? :)
@@MalewiczHype Yeah I'll consider using Satoshi for UI but I need to find a good font available on Google fonts which I use in my livestreams but I haven't found a perfect alternative yet. Got any suggestions for good bold fonts on Google fonts?
Plus Jakarta Sans is one of my all time favorites.
@@MalewiczHype Just checked it out: it's amazing and perfect for what I need it for. Thank you! 🙂
Before working on my portfolio I haven't even realized how unreliable and just unsupportive my circle of friends was. I reached out for help to just get data for a proper research, and they ignored me or brushed me off with annoyance. I know they don't have to do this... It hurts when you're trying to learn, change your career and do everything on your own. It hurts to see how many dearest and nearest people actually don't care about me in one of the most important moments. Hope everyone has a great support behind their back
That's sad to hear, but my theory is that on-demand everyting and super-fast delivery + living through social media has really f**'d up people - in general. I'm seeing abusive and selfish behavior all around even in my closest circles :/
I learned a lot. How can one join your community? Either slack or discord( if there is discord)?
You need to DM me on Twitter or email me :)
Happy New Year! I'm so looking forward to this! Is it too late to change my career and start over with UX/UI design at the age of 38?
Happy new year!! It all really depends on your skills, if your portfolio is awesome nobody will even ask you your age :)
I'm that same age I started in 2021 working my UI and networking, which is hard for me, trying to get my portfolio finished had to redo my garage Google UX design course projects
Just keep going, you'll do fine :)
Hi I have a problem whenever I tried to install adobe xd it shows 191 error and does not install is there anyone who faces the same issue then plz tell me how he has resolved this issue as I tried all options on google youtube and adobe customer support but nothing happened in my case
Hey, do you plan on making a video (or a course if that doesn't exist yet) on photo-heavy sites? Most of your things focus on digital visuals generated by digitally but what if you have a lot of (full-size) photos to display?
Photos to display in what way? Can you give an example?
@@MalewiczHype I'm currently making a site for a fraternity (student association) which should include a lot of photos and a few videos to show off the partying and happy people. I had the idea of a full-size hero picture at the top but other than that I don't know how to properly display the pictures and videos.
I was abt to use roboto....
I get interviews for Junior UX Designer role and they like my portfolio and interviewers like my portfolio say I’ve got strong processes in my projects but someone else has got a bit more experience so I miss out. I’ve recently completed a redesign of a landing page for a private client it wasn’t a big project and it will be going in my portfolio. Do you any any tips for people who have decent portfolios but lack commercial experience?
If you just did a client project, it means you have more commercial experience already than most people looking for jobs! :) Emphasize that!
@@MalewiczHype thanks I will do!
Hi, I am 29 years old and I am doing Operations role in IT for 3 years now, but I found out that I am more interested in designing, so I have just started learning about UI and UX since last month and so far I have been watching only TH-cam videos, learning the fundamentals. What should I do? Shall I start making projects side by side or only watch more videos? Lastly is this career switch a good option?
Watch a couple of my videos from becoming a designer playlist - I try to share a lot of step by step guides for exactly this :)
Malewicz, would you mind creating a portfolio with these tips so we have some example that applies them to have a clearer vision?
I made a course on case studies already, with a loooot of examples ;)
Please attach the link to the ultimate portfolio mini course?
It should be in the description
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I greatly prefer in person networking. Go to hacking or tech events in your local big city!
great idea 💡🫡
I’ve never been big on social media growing up it’s weird having to learn how to network 😅
Which of your courses should you take first as a person just starting out? Boring UI or Mobile Design?
Best to start with the mobile app ui part 1 first.
Hi, so is it better to go more Visual Focus than Research Focus for case studies ??
Both are good, but if you don't have any meaningful research it's best to add more visual explorations (styleguide, various options, accessibility checks and more).
And you can do some basic research of course, but being research heavy I don't think is that necessary for MOST businesses (esp. small and medium ones).
Maybe big corporations look more at research but they're not hiring now anyway.
@@MalewiczHype thanks for the response
Hey, Sir, I'm junior UI/UX designer and I'm full-time employee but all my works have NDA and How can I add my works to my portfolio without breaching the contract?
(Sorry for my broken english) This editing and flow of the story its maybe one of your best videos, even though i dont like the use of the low res gifs xD. So many good tips here, but i wonder how much time is required to do all this, maybe its the capacity of each individual, dunno. The other thing is i see you always fihthing with this nebouluos enemy of ux gurus, even in linkedin... why?
It's tough to learn UX.
Tough to learn UI.
Tough to have a portfolio.
Tough to impress recruiters.
Tough to get a job.
I am overwhelmed.
It's tough but not impossible and I have a lot of free, step by step guides on this channel to overcome this.
Don't want to sugarcoat things, I believe getting good REQUIRES hard work. But then I try to provide the steps :)
@@MalewiczHype Yea, thank you, Malewicz! You're an inspiration for all of us.
My biggest obstical is learning it all by myself and the lack of time because I work in retail and we all know that retail sucks ass so I have set myself a goal to become a UX\UI designer
That's a good goal to have, keep going! I used to be a waiter.
@@MalewiczHype I used to love to work in the company where I still work in but 3 years in i have been fucked over and over now it takes such a toll on me that I hate my job so much I really am unhappy, I try to learn UX and UI because the systems I use have such bad UX I just could cry and the UI makes me sick, I have set my goal to become a UX and UI because nobody deserves to use terrible applications and websites. Let's make the world of tech a better one ❤️
Learn Ps, Ai, InD, AE AS WELL! Become a one-man band as much as possible.
I'm currently working to better my UI skills, I really suck at networking 🤦🏾♂️
All comes with practice!
@@MalewiczHype yeah. Thanks
If you are thinking that SUCCESS is luck or accident, you are wrong. Because do not know how successful people work till they become successful.... I have tried a couple of months to be sucessful and it was so difficult.... Work on to make luck ! anyway I loved watching this video, thanks. a fellow creator,,..
0:47 does anyone recognize what AI these images? I don't think it's DALLE2
I learned UI UX design in a 3 month offline course, where they advised us to make at least 2-3 case studies to get a job. Now recruiters seem not so interested in any case studies based on hypothetical situations, cause most junior designers don't have real life projects to show. So you are saying junior designers should focus more on UI rather than made up projects?
Great guide! But tbh all of the AI Art used on the video are so jarring
How to make case study can you help me on that ?
I have a mini-course on case studies and also made a couple of videos on this channel that can help (hierarchy strips one for example)
@@MalewiczHype Thanks for the help!
whats wrong with roboto, it looks so good
It does. So does Inter. It's just TOO popular and fonts can be a great way to stand out (if you picked the right one)
@@MalewiczHype oh alright, thanks for the info
Sorry to bother you again but, I've been looking for your email everywhere and I can't find it.
I would love to join the SquarePlanet community. How can I achieve that?
It's literally in the about section of this youtube channel :)
Medion, median what it is?? Can anyone tell me the name with spelling
medium dot com
Clicked the "LIKE" button already on the 0:51 warning: "It requires WORK!" 🙏🙏🙏
People got so used to on-demand, super-speedy-delivery everything that they forget it all needs work. And time :)
885TH VIEW🤣🤣
Where do you live?
Currently in Marbella, Spain. I alternate between Sopot in Marbella now with 8 months in Sopot, 4 in Marbella.
Hi Michal thanks for your video it gave me some ideas to make my portfolio stronger , and I am interested in joining to #squareplanet community to make more connection with designers ,can I get the invite.😇
I'm loving all the family guy clips in your videos
Yeah I try to alternate between FG, Simpsons and South Park most of the time with a pinch of Rick&Morty and the Office ;)
the same 1000 unemployed junior designers watching now lol
There's 300-400K junior people. I don't have that much reach :-)
I guess neobrutalism is truly gonna stay for a while
Thousands of people would watch this video, learn from it only to end up competing with other people who also watched the video 🙄
Don't have that much reach yet - I think maybe a couple hundred people will actually do these things, most will forget or push it to later. But those couple hundred will likely get a job and grow :)
RESPECTFULLY - I'm going to outwork all of you.
Remember the name EddyVGG
Have a wonderful day/night
That is the right attitude! Fingers crossed!
uxui industry is extremely saturated
Hi Malewicz can you share your email please. I want to join the slack community
Expecting lots of ux magic in this year 🎉... Missed John the ux wizard 🪄
John is 3500 km from me right now but he'll be back in April :)