this is wonderful insights ma, I appreciate what you do for the community and I have been following and subscribed for a while and have learnt a lot from you. I am writing this to chime in that if you ever decide to show designers your design process or need a junior designer, I would love the opportunity to work and learn from you ma. Thank you very much again for your impact in the design community. Also, I don’t mind sharing my portfolio with you a
Thank you so much for creating this video. It’s incredibly insightful and provides a clear roadmap and direction to become a UX/UI designer in the fastest way possible. I have a question related to the case study phase. If for example, I am unable to come up with a good idea to implement for the apps I use daily, is it okay to work on case studies created from scratch or those assigned as tasks in courses like Google UX?
I am glad you found this video insightful! Regarding the case study. Creating projects from scratch is a good exercise for UI (because you create all principles) and user flows (because you will likely create a lot of flows in one go). But if you are going to work in a tech company and not in an agency or to be a founding designer in a startup (which is a very rare job opening), those types of tasks are not what you are going to do 99,9% of the time. 99,9% of the time, you will have to integrate a feature into an existing product, so it's essential you showcase this ability in your portfolio. So, having 1 project created from scratch is okay, but the rest should be features that you have integrated.
Thank you for the video! Inès, what do you think about having a degree in design when switching career tracks? Is it a necessity, or is having a higher education in another field sufficient? I have a master’s degree in engineering, but I always feel like I need to get a degree in design. But do I really need it?
Having a degree is 100% NOT necessary to start in UX design. Your portfolio is the most important part for hiring. Just focus on that. I only recommend a degree for people who are thinking of getting the first one anyway. I'd say having a degree in engineering is actually quite beneficial for UX/UI design already and will help you stand out. So unless you are really into academical studies you don't really need to have another one :)
Sorry for these 3 instances of blur that the camera did, in the beginning 🙄 it never did it before and it doesn't repeat if after so idk
this is wonderful insights ma, I appreciate what you do for the community and I have been following and subscribed for a while and have learnt a lot from you. I am writing this to chime in that if you ever decide to show designers your design process or need a junior designer, I would love the opportunity to work and learn from you ma. Thank you very much again for your impact in the design community.
Also, I don’t mind sharing my portfolio with you
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Thank you so much for creating this video. It’s incredibly insightful and provides a clear roadmap and direction to become a UX/UI designer in the fastest way possible. I have a question related to the case study phase. If for example, I am unable to come up with a good idea to implement for the apps I use daily, is it okay to work on case studies created from scratch or those assigned as tasks in courses like Google UX?
I am glad you found this video insightful! Regarding the case study. Creating projects from scratch is a good exercise for UI (because you create all principles) and user flows (because you will likely create a lot of flows in one go). But if you are going to work in a tech company and not in an agency or to be a founding designer in a startup (which is a very rare job opening), those types of tasks are not what you are going to do 99,9% of the time. 99,9% of the time, you will have to integrate a feature into an existing product, so it's essential you showcase this ability in your portfolio. So, having 1 project created from scratch is okay, but the rest should be features that you have integrated.
Thank you for the video!
Inès, what do you think about having a degree in design when switching career tracks?
Is it a necessity, or is having a higher education in another field sufficient?
I have a master’s degree in engineering, but I always feel like I need to get a degree in design.
But do I really need it?
Having a degree is 100% NOT necessary to start in UX design. Your portfolio is the most important part for hiring. Just focus on that.
I only recommend a degree for people who are thinking of getting the first one anyway. I'd say having a degree in engineering is actually quite beneficial for UX/UI design already and will help you stand out. So unless you are really into academical studies you don't really need to have another one :)
@@inesmir Thank you!