Growing in any career path requires hard work and dedication. But it gets much easier if you get the correct advice and right tips in the beginning of the journey.
So, are you a beginner to UX Design career or expecting to advance your skill in UX design this year? Then let me make your effort easier by sharing 6 different tips with you.
1. Read, read and…. read
Like in any other skill UX designing also knowledge makes the biggest impact. Therefore, try to gather more knowledge in the area by reading some widely used books. For ease, I have gathered a set of good books you can start to read in the link below.
https://journey2ux.com/ux-books/
2. Start with following some courses
Another way to shape your knowledge in UX design in a minimum time is to follow several courses designed by experts in the subject. This method is useful as a starting step to get the basic understanding about the area before you dive deep. You can find some of the recommended courses in this link.
https://journey2ux.com/courses/
3. UX Articles
No matter how much knowledge you have gathered to stay up and continue in the game, we need to have the idea about new trends, upcoming theories, etc. One of the best ways to be up to date about the subject is to read articles. Following are some good websites which you could start following.
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature
https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/
https://ux.stanford.edu/content/resources
4. UX Tips from Experts
Learning by yourself is good but learning from experts makes it easier. So, if you are on Instagram, below are some UX Expert profiles which you could follow to get useful tips in UX design in a few minutes read.
https://www.instagram.com/anfisign/
https://www.instagram.com/ajsmartdesign/
https://www.instagram.com/ransegall/
5. Join UX Communities
Don’t ever consider you are alone in your journey. There are numerous experts and colleagues around you to help totally free. UX communities are such places where we learn from others in the industry and share our knowledge as well. Below are some communities in LinkedIn for you to start with.
User Experience Professionals Network
6. UX YouTube Channels
Some of us are not fans of reading, but rather learn more via videos. Not to worry. Below are some YouTube channels in which you can gather knowledge, learn trends and tools and numerous other factors in UX.
So, these are 6 simple steps to advance your UX career from which I learnt through experience and research. Hope you also find these useful.