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that price was just for one container?

So we need to draw a lo fi prototype for the whiteboard session?

And that was only 1 container?

After designing SaaS solutions for 12 years, I agree, it is over.

Totally agreed what you said, most bootcamp love to sugarcoat saying UX/UI designer have high earning salary What they are teaching is fundamental things, the current market is in the winter season. Even my instructor from the BootCamp saying is not easy to find a UX/UI designer job. Currently I'm still looking for a job for like 7 months already, gonna continue looking and make changes for my portfolio.

Hey Wesley, thanks for taking the time to share your experience as a contract UX designer! I am in the same position now and I was wondering if your contract (hourly pay) was more or less whenever you converted to FTE salary pay. Thanks again for your help!

Can you make a video of interviews they have asked you in each step of the process from the recruiter then the PM❤ and how you answered them

Thank you for making this!! Super insightful with lots of great tips.

Im also glad thst this hype is pretty OVER!

Thank you for this video. I am interested in UX Design but I am not artistically inclined. I personally enjoy research and testing the most so since it looks like this career attracts artistic people, perhaps I will stand out as a complementary addition to a design team.

Loved this! Yes I grew my career rather fast as a contractor! About a 20 -25% increase in pay with each jump. Quadrupled my salary in about 2 years. Yes quadrupled!

Dud you were part of the problem bro!

Very useful video ! When you work with visuals is it refinement visual or you make a complete new visuals ? I am interesting for the visual part of the job. Does it takes a big part of your job ? Thank you !

I have worked for a small company for 10 years doing UX / IT / Graphic design, sadly the owner sold the company and at 43 years old my CV looks terrible and my portfolio compared to some of these young students coming out of bootcamps. I feel I have to start at the bottom of the pile and work my way up.

I’m getting into UX/UI now with the google certificate course for a potential career change and have heard all about the state of boot camps today. The way I see it is hopefully things have changed a bit in terms of hiring when I’m confident enough with my skills at a later date. Would you recommend a bootcamp if it provides real world work experience? I understand a certificate alone will never get me hired, especially today, but perhaps having real work on my portfolio may? Maybe working with mentors, career coaches, and fellow students expands the networking pooI? I believe springboard offers real work with businesses at the end of the course but I’m stuck somewhere between discouraged with bootcamps and feeling as if my only realistic chance at real experience is through a bootcamp. What are your thoughts?

Don't most people in UX these days have a masters in some sort of Information Science and or MLIS? It seems like this hype is a get rich quick misnomer that you don't actually need to have a degree or training to do it.

It's true that UI/UX design has been overly hyped for the past 6 years. But now we can see its downfall.

Ux is a joke 😂 I’m so fucking mad I got into a program, these bootcamp scammers need to go to jail 🥑

Thanks for the video! Very spot on advice!

I’m someone with a fine arts background looking to jump into graphic design first and ux design later down the line. I’m super interested in the communicative and creative part of the process but it seems like ui/ux gets bogged down by company politics, which suck

I work as a graphic designer and people in the last few years would ask me all the time how to get into graphic design/UX design and I would tell them first thing you need to understand is they are very different. I work at a very small company so some of my duties as graphic designer overlap into the UX/UI, even the front end developer space when I have create new designs and implement them for our app and website based on customer feedback. Based on this experience I was able to inform people what they would be getting into if they wanted to pursue this career path. NOT that is a bad career path, it's just not what people see on social media lol

I'm trying to transition into this career, I've been bartending the last 11 years. I didn't finish college so no degree, I've looked into going back but it'll be about 50k to finish and 3 years. The bootcamps don't look like they have enough education behind them so I'm a little stuck at where to go from here. I'm looking into technical diplomas on a lateral design topic but haven't chosen one yet. Any educational recommendations?

I'm not sure about the hiring trends in this industry and will watch for forecasts. What I will say as a web developer in training, I find UX Design extremely helpful in understanding how and why websites are designed the way they are.

I'm interviewing at Home Depot right now for a UX Designer position, and I just sent you an email lol. Thanks for your content man! I appreciate it, and I would like you in my network lol

Passion with Persistent Efforts will go on with adopting required changes to evolve in the field of UX and Design. No matter it is becoming complex day by as the technology is evolving at a massive pace. All in all after spending 20 yrs in design industry I think it’s a required correction towards betterment 👍🏻

Brust Bubble is cooming whooooo

Beyond Expectations, Look for UX UI Pros, They Revolutionized My Approach to User Testing and Design Decision Confidence

yup I agree. I fell into the trap of the glamour. But also we all go into thinking "i love creating empathetic user experiences" (or something) but its not even like that, at least where im at. This isnt the job for those wanting creative freedom or have creativity in general. In my experience 1.6yrs in, its very "top down", no one knows ux value, they just want u to be a graphic designer, trying to get anyone on your team or stakeholders to buy in is like tug of war. The constant back and forth between leadership, non-design managers, PMs, engineers, other designers AND other teams (if u work a large corp) is so absolutely bonkers that its killed alot of my passion. If you like to debate and are all about facts and have a business mindset, sure go ahead. if not, you will struggle.

So well said and it resonated with me. I had a similar situation where I was constantly checking on the RUclips stats and I decided to get rid of the app on my phone. I was stressed out when I cant consistently upload videos, but now having a break makes me happy. P.S. I really enjoy your UX content

I work at Google as an AI prompt Engineer. A lot design jobs are going to disappear. I think only product managers will make it until that becomes automated.

It's his thought not the truth

I hate how all thing UX design circulates around Mac and apple stuff :/ its kinda odd to think that mac users are a smaller minority compared to windows and others but yet are the driving force behind how nicely web pages play with devices. its like Apple has their fingers in everything UX/aesthetic. You would think that it would be rational to think that Windows and android being the most used systems/devices in the world that most webpages and other UI elements in other interactive things would follow those trends, but no...its apple...so weird. Yes. i am a proud non-apple user :p and no, i don't hate them, its just not my thing :p

Wich boot camps you recommended?

I know maybe it seems like the hype is down but from where I am it's just getting started and it's scary tbh, and twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn "influencer designers" are to blame

i did do a short 3m course and now in the field for 1.5years. Can confirm, these courses and expensive bootcamps do NOT teach u the real important things on being a ux designer. also, so many recruiters actively avoid bootcampers and have a negative association

as a product designer who very much got wrapped up in the hype 2 yrs ago, i can confirm, its overrated and NOTHING like what people think and learn in bootcamps. idk if its just the job im at or generalizing the industry, but if i wouldve know how it truly was, i probably wouldnt have gone so far as i did

milk before cereals ohhhh hell nah can not be trusted

awwwww I used to be a barista and this is making me want to go back as a UX/UI Designer. I wanna come back home :(

I’ve been doing research on this career path for the better part of 2 years and I finally made the jump to learn more and my art background as well as some team work skills from my storyboarding work has made the learning experience great and I feel like I have a bit of a a leg up. Don’t gate keep too hard senior designers I want to work with you guys 🥺

The golden era of UX bullshit is seriously done, I made a LOT of money over the last 4 years, people noticed and before I knew it PMs, marketing etc everyone slipped into a UX role. SO last year was the peak, the market was saturated with overpaid 'thinkers' employed through fear, companies thought having a UX person was a magic bullet....they're now seeing it isn't 😅 If you rode the magic carpet like I did then applaud yourself and walk away with a smile...but PLEASE let's stop making out like UX is something it isn't, AI will soon be smashing it out of the park.

Man you rocking the Heat in LA??

By the way, what monitor and lamp you have there ?

I did a bootcamp that guaranteed a job, but I was having trouble just getting an interview after submitting over a hundred resume. I had a good mentor who answered all of my questions, but I wasn't good at coming up ways to improve a website. All of our projects were to build an app or website from scratch. I know graduates who were able to get jobs and internships, but I felt very lost at how to proceed after completing the course.

Would they test you like this if you are applying for an entry level position?

I have been working at this for a couple of years and ...for a field based off of empathy, there is little to none present for newer designers

Hey Wesley thank you so much for this inspiring content ! I begin my journey as UX/UI designer. Do you have exemple of good portfolio we can have as junior ? Just to see the presentation and the kind of project I can produce to be employable ?

Folks were definitely attracted by the lifestyle showed by RUclipsrs who became designers in a short time frame. But I still think a lot of companies and teams struggle to understand our value. I’ve see this lead to more experienced designers to speaking out about the challenges we face in our jobs on a daily basis. Things like gas lightning, burn out and trauma. Shit is real and I’ve seen it happen all to often. I just hope that we can find our footing over the next few years through all the challenges in the space. Beauty comes out of walking through the fire in life

I think we did the same program. I actually thought it was the best boot camp given the length and immersive aspects! They have since sunset the program and switched to a shorter, online only version which I’m sure is not nearly as good.

I love problem solving but I’m too dumb for computer science lol (drop out) so I’ve been focusing on UX for a few years now, (pre pandemic too) I hope to get a job around it one day as I also love service design. The market has been very discouraging and crazy right now but I’m not giving up and if needed will find convergent roles 💪💪 your video is quite motivational

LOVE your video Wesley... spot on!! Speaking of booty camp. One school asked me for feedback on their courses. I said, "How about a section where you prepare the booty camp peeps for reality... ie 8 weeks of UX booty camp does not guarantee that you walk out and immediately get a career in it... but here is what you can do."