🥶 10 Sobering Realities Every Brand-New UX Designer Needs To Accept

☝️ Excellent take on some of the main challenges and misconceptions of a UX career

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Bumped into this long read (33 min 😳) post and I agree with all points. It’s what every UX bootcamp should ponder and adjust their communications. But let’s be honest, it’s much easier to sell the “it’s easy” message 😜

The problem is not the industry itself, but the way it is marketed. Bootcamp grads are lead to believe they can secure a job at top tech companies in Silicon Valley, with nothing more than a 12 week certificate from a bootcamp that barely even scratches the surface of UX design, and is sometimes taught by people who have never even worked a day in the industry.