What was the turning point in YOUR personal life where you felt that you needed to make a BIG change? A career change? Book a 20-minute call to tell us about your UX career journey.
We all face times in our lives where we feel stuck, unsatisfied with our present situations, wanting to achieve more, wanting to have more…
Feeling stuck can feel uncomfortable, and some folks choose not to act on that discomfort. Instead, they choose to talk themselves out of making a BIG change, or try to justify to themselves why sticking to what they have and what they know is the best option. Sometimes this can look like:
- Refusing to admit you have a problem. You might be excited to hear about UX work, talking to UX designers and UX researchers online or at networking events. You might even watch free YouTube or TikTok day-in-the-life videos about UX work, UX design and UX research. However, when it comes to actually learning UX and building a UX portfolio, you feel overwhelmed and can’t seem to gain the momentum needed to create the UX projects and deliverables required to become a good candidate for your dream UX job.
- Refusing to ask for help, whether that’s with writing a killer UX resume, revising your UX portfolio, or learning UX. This can also mean refusing to look into UX mentorship options and working with a dedicated UX career coach to help you achieve your professional goals. UX design and UX research work by nature is very collaborative. It’s not enough to self-study or take the Google Coursera course to land a full-time, high paying, UX job or contract. Collaboration is a crucial part of the UX design process. If you are not collaborating with UX mentors and peers and users and stakeholders, then you are not really practicing true UX.
- Refusing to invest in yourself and refusing to focus. It can be very tempting to float from one free learning resource to another, downloading UX cheat sheets and workbooks and templates, consuming all forms of UX content whether that be video, blog, or news content. However, there is such a vast amount of knowledge out there, which can often lead to a lack of focus in how you consume and learn UX content. No, you don’t have to consume every piece of UX content on the internet or master every UX topic to land a UX job. But, you do have to be strategic about what you learn and focus on learning skill sets for 1-2 preferred UX career paths. It helps to invest in a UX course that can help you learn the specific skill sets you need and help you play to your strengths when it comes to rebranding your past work. Investing in a UX course can help you focus and help you see if you really want to commit to learning specific, focused UX material.
- Refusing to get continuous support. We’ve worked with folks who might have already taken 1 or 2 UX bootcamps, but still need help filling in certain knowledge gaps, or help with UX career coaching and improving their portfolio and resume. Remember that learning is continuous! Even after you complete a UX bootcamp or UX course, it is your responsibility to keep learning and keep focusing on learning knowledge that can help you with a specific UX career path or industry.
We’d love to hear about what is making you feel stuck about breaking into UX at the moment. Book a 20 minute strategy call with us to talk through where you need help and we will help you develop a blueprint to getting to where you want to be.
We are really proud of some of the breakthroughs our alumni have had when it comes to learning UX or landing a UX job. Like you, they were excited about UX as a career path, but not always sure about how to achieve their dreams and goals. Like you, they booked 1:1 calls with us to talk through options and evaluate opportunities. We helped them come up with personalized blueprints on how to pivot into UX and achieve their professional goals.
Are you ready to chase your UX dreams? Book a 20-minute call with us here and we can brainstorm an UX project with you to work on within our 4-Month Live UX course. We really recommend taking our 4-Month Live UX course starting on September 22 to land your dream UX job. The course helps you really take the time to understand your particular skill sets and interests in relation to a specific UX career path…which is crucial for finding the right UX job for you, based on your personality and interests!
What’s different about our course? We help you land 6-figure UX job offers in 7 months, or coach you till you get it. We provide 1:1 UX mentorship for 7 months, and group-coaching office hours within a supportive alumni community for life.
Register for the 4-month Live UX course by Thursday, September 12 to save $900 on the tuition price (our regular tuition rate of $7,350 becomes $6,450).
Here’s what you get access to for FREE when you register by paying the $490 course registration fee:
Our Redesign Your UX Resume & Portfolio online course ($790 value)
Our “Create a Career in UX Design” E-book ($150 value)
Hurry up on that registration because we have a limited number of seats in our cohort and seats run out fast! Save your seat today by registering today.
As always, rooting for your success!
Samaya & Khrys
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P.P.P.P.S. Are you a UX career changer who’s still learning UX? In today’s competitive job market, it might not be enough to complete the Google Coursera course (although that’s a good starting point!). It can also be overwhelming to sort through hundreds of different UX resources. We recommend registering for Ideate Labs Live UX course to get a personalized UX education that helps you land your dream UX job.
