Design folks of grapevine, where do i find some good prototypes?

Hey everyone, I am a Junior FE Dev (from my prev work title coz my exp is 1YoE). Have been working extensively on React.JS and Redux. My previous company was great. I was loving it. Sadly a few months ago, I was laid off. I still don't know the reason behind why I was one of the laid off people. Anyway, I moved on from that depression and started searching for a new job from last month. Made it to final rounds in pretty much every interview I sat for. But then got rejected in final round for crazy reasons including "we currently don't have funds to hire you". One of them even said they are on hiring freeze, literally in the final round 🥲. Haven't been able to get a job anywhere. I don't know if my skills aren't enough to be hired or is it something else. "What's hot in FE right now ? Like what skills can fetch me a job ?" - Started asking this myself as well as some of my good friends, but they say don't learn skills for getting job, learn it for yourself. Though it's true, I don't have much savings to support myself for atleast a month. So, I have to get into a job to keep myself from going bonkers under the financial crunch that I can clearly see ahead of myself if I stay unemployed in the next 20 days. Yes, the tech market is in its winter season. I understand that, but I still see there are so many openings in the market for ppl with 1YoE like me and skillset that matches mine, yet I never hear back from them or just get rejected in final rounds 😕. I'm absolutely clueless on what to do right now. Any suggestions would be really helpful.

Qualifications: BTech IT from tier-3 college, Pass Out in 2021, CGPA 7 Skills: Python + DSA (Intermediate), HTML, CSS, JS (Intermediate). In 2021 I was preparing for government job and was really passionate about govt services but I failed in CDS II 2021 and lose all of my focus and my parents want me to get a job in related field so in January 2022 I started looking for job in IT but I was not good at anything and so I thought I wasn't job ready and start learning to Python and DSA and Web Development but in meantime I procrastinated and wasted so much of my time I was demotivated with zero focus and after months I am still not good at anything I don't have anything to show on my resume no projects, no experience nothing. I have wasted more than a year just thinking what should I do and got nowhere. Lately I started to learn web dev from theodinproject.com and have completed foundations. Tbh i wasted time during this learning phase also and manage to complete this in a month. And after that I started to learn reactjs (haven't completed it yet) And now I am really desperate for a job. What should I do to get a job with minimum preparation like give 1 months and get a job? I am not looking for something specific. I don't have any goals. ATM I have no idea what I am passionate about. I'm 24 and unemployed and How can I turn my life around? All those years in school and college I never worked hard enough but now I regret it. I want to work hard now but have been procrastinating a lot. I need guidance on how to get a job and what to learn further to get a job. I would really appreciate it if you guys can guide me.

As an android developer how do you guys work on hobby projects. I am always stuck at prototype part when any idea strikes my mind.

As a non technical founder, i can go as far as prototyping an app on figma, or make detailed wireframes of what I want the app to be. Right now, after months of brainstorming and research, I would say I have a pretty good idea of what i want the app to be and what the functions of the app are. But I'm new to the startup world, and I'm at a stage where I'm supposed to choose one of the three options with their own pros and cons: 1. Find a technical cofounder for full stack development. It's very difficult to find someone with the same mindset and vision as me, but if I do, then this can be the best solution out of the three. 2. Learn either front end or back end or both. It's very time consuming especially when I'm in my final year of my bachelor's and doesn't really make sense (as advised by another founder of a pretty big startup) 3. Outsourcing dev. Lack of funding, IP issues, and communication gaps. It would be great if someone who's already in the startup world to guide me with this or give me advise on what next step for me would be the most beneficial.

Wanted to understand what kind of setup do you all have to create a prototype with UX? Do you have dedicated UX researchers? Do you involve UX designers in the call with client ? Do you try to cover all the cases in the figma as no one reads the PRD ? Do you try to keep true data in figma because if 5 people are reviewing, 2 will focus on data and provide comments. Etc.

I currently want to transition from middleware System Engineer to UX Engineer . I have done some front-end development in past . Will brush up the basics and probably learn some framework. I wanted to know what are the things I should learn and master if I want to become a UX Engineer (design + some development) . A roadmap would be really beneficial in keeping track of things . If there is anyone here who transitioned to UX from development side , what is the roadmap you followed? Would love to know insights from grapevine design community ! Thank You

Any product/ux design folks available here on grapevine that are willing to send out a referral? I’m looking to switch from 3d/2d motion and graphic design to product and ux roles and given the current market situation, it’s getting tough. Any piece of advise or referral would help. Thanks!

Hey grapeviners, I'm looking for feedback on my design portfolio as I'm hunting for a UI/UX design internship. If you have a minute, could you take a peek and share your thoughts? Also, if you know of any internship opportunities or have tips on breaking into the field, I'd love to hear them! (Willing for unpaid internships as well) Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/nainavishwakarma Thanks a bunch!

I have an idea for an app, which I would like to develop on the sides and do some beta testing and figure out if its scalable. However, I am not a tech guy and do not have idea about app development. Looking for suggestions on how to go about it. Learn app development from scratch or reach out for help? How long would it take to learn from scratch vs how much would it cost to get a beta version made?