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Your UX Bootcamp Will NOT Get You A Job: Unless You Do These Critically Important Steps
Because in the end, the person who ultimately makes or breaks your UX career is yourself.
There are no doubt, a ton of people who are shifting careers into user experience design with the help of boot camps such as General Assembly, Bloc, Career Foundry and many, many others. In fact, these schools seem to have found a niche around transitioning people to tech careers, and there is clearly a demand for it.
And for good reason. Although user experience design has arguably been around since the dawn of time, it is a field that has not seen a huge rise in popularity and demand until recent years, and the exponential growth of demand for technology reflects in the massive number of UX related jobs available.
And the pay and benefits are quite solid, too. In fact, Payscale reports that even entry user experience designers can make nearly $70k per year, with senior and top-level people reporting a salary well into the six figures.
What is also exciting is that the field of user experience design is not exactly cut and dry, such as being a heart surgeon, or a police officer, or a dentist. There are many different variations and interpretations of what a user experience designer does, even among companies who hire them. But this in itself is another appealing aspect of user experience design, at least in my opinion.
- For example, your role may be more data and analytics centered, gauging how people are using your software, website or app, crunching numbers in statistical software and excel sheets.
- Or maybe your role is more design centered, focusing on building wireframes and deciding on the best possible outcomes for your page layout.
- Your role may even involve a combination of the two, or be something specific and unique, such as working on the newer innovative technologies, such as voice or VR/AR.
Because of this, I believe this field primes itself as an excellent option for career changers who love getting their hands dirty doing a variety of tasks. Because I believe anyone can come into this field from just about any background and apply something…
