UX/UI designer

How do you stay inspired and continuously improve your design skills?

How do you stay inspired and continuously improve your design skills?- Grapevine

As a UX designer, I struggled with an accounting feature due to lack of knowledge and specs. 

Despite help, the process felt wrong. My boss suggested I might not be suited for this role and should rethink my career choice. How do I respond?

My boss is gaslighting my design career...

Product Designer

Hey folks, I'm a 2 years experienced front end developer looking to switch career to ux design learning figma and ux concepts currently. I've been designing static pages. Can you guys give your honest opinion and advice on how i can switch my career to ux?

Frontend to UX designer

Frontend Engineer

Hello, I want to learn UI/UX design from scratch. Can someone suggest how should I proceed it? 
Which topics should I cover first? What free resources are best available to refer?
Any YouTube playlist?

Any suggestions would be helpful!

Thank you!

Resources to learn UI/UX Design

Marketing Associate

Welcome to Confessions's Private Community

And no, the debate isn’t whether tech hiring is tough or non-tech hiring is tough - all I’m saying is ... design hiring is the trickiest of them all.

Think about it:
- There are only so many keywords to focus on. How do you even begin to filter out the right talent?
- Subjectivity of Aesthetics: Defining what looks good vs what is “really” good. What might look good to a recruiter is not what might appeal to a hiring manager
- Communication Breakdown: What looks good to a hiring manager needs to be translated to the recruiter on the grounds and factors why the design made sense. Tough - hell yeah!
- Every designer has a portfolio, but how do you differentiate between genuinely innovative work and something that’s just flashy or just showed his inclination to one theme/style or is the portfolio screaming love for one sub section - neobrutalism anyone? Today’s trendy designs might be tomorrow’s outdated trash. How do you hire for timeless design skills?
- Technical Skills vs. Artistic Vision: How do you balance or filter on either - the need for technical proficiency with the necessity for artistic vision
- Client-Based Variability: Designers often tailor their work to what the ask was. How do you discern their true skill level when their portfolio is a mixed bag of client/customer whims? + how do you know X's work is not Y inspired or even better.. a rip off?
- Designers are creative people. How do you access real Cultural Fit? This breed needs to be protected and let them be. But then how do you ascertain designers work style gels with your company’s culture?
- Without assignments you cant get to know them or their depth and dimension of work, and assignments (in general) carry a bad rep in that circuit - cause a lot of work is passed off as a screening assignment.

IMHO, design hiring is like assembling a rocket ship with Lego pieces - it’s complex, nuanced, and the stakes are incredibly high. If can either get it right or F UP real bad.

Design hiring is the trickiest

Human resource

What’s your go-to source for design inspiration?

Software Engineer

I started designing around 2019, self start though i never thought this is going to be a real field designing screens but i landed here and eventually liked it. 

I started as UI/UX designer in a service based company with a mere package of 2lakh. And then after I left that company had a package of 3.5lakh.

I joined a new company 2.5 years back in a product based company 5lakh and after i got appraisal salary hit 9lakh a year.

Even though i have this much experience i am still struggling in designing a good screen as compared to Software development where you can join a good company and you can get a salary above 15 lakh for sure. Product design is hard and to be in the industry you really have to wake up and start learning whatever you have to come up with whether learning Android, web, ios , design patterns, design system or so. If your company does it or not .

After applying and rejected to different companies i am now concluding that your experience doesn't matter in this field ofcourse experience in domains works.

Trust me if you get less money, your opportunities are less. It's you who will have a good opportunity if you have good knowledge and skills.

On the personal side, i am rejected by girls who don't even do jobs ,  earning less salary, and don't even think about high salary girls.

I just wanted to flush out and want to start with a fresh mind, sorry for bringing this up. I will start again. I do again

Frustration and sadness

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.

What should I do to turn my life around?

Do u need to be natural  gifted to be a product designer?

Hey everyone, I wanted to share an experience that many of you might relate to. Over the past few months, I have applied to over 40+companies/ startups for Ui/Ux designer / product designer job positions. Despite putting my best foot forward and ensuring my applications were tailored to each role, I haven't received any responses. I even applied through platforms like Well Found, where my applications were accepted, but unfortunately, I wasn't scheduled for any interviews.

This journey has been challenging and disheartening, but I'm determined to keep pushing forward. I'd like to ask for your advice and insights on the. Feedback and improvement.

Here is my portfolio link:-- 
https://www.behance.net/nainavishwakarma

Need your guidance, networking tips and feedback

Really excited to do this! 

Here's a little bit about my career:

- I dropped out of college to build a design studio with 20+ people for 4 years before leaving that to start another studio.

- I’ve worked across most major startups in Bangalore (not including brand names here for anonymity)

- I’ve worked across brand identity design, UX/UI, social media marketing, ad films, animation/motion graphics, and 3D

Happy to answer questions about design, freelancing, starting an agency/studio, the design industry, etc.

AMA ☞ Founder of a design studio based out of Bangalore

Founder

How to enter into UI/UX designer field being an B.E with 5yrs of experience in non tech jobs, do i need a portfolio,if yes how to make that portfolio .

How to enter into UI/UX designer field being an B.E with 5yrs of experience in non tech jobs,

Compliance Manager

I've been in this field for about 15 years now and post-covid this field has become a borderline joke and I feel embarrassed about Design in India.

Do not think that Designing involves ONLY a lot of Visual Design work, importance to "craft", motion design etc.

The kind of work you need to do should involve a LOT of user research, planning, testing, domain knowledge, technical knowledge and actual hands on design work.  I don't get to do a lot of it today but back in the day it was all that we were taught by our Design Leads.

Now because of these influencers whenever I tell people that Design is innovative and based in Behavioural Science, they assume that my work is easy, doesn't take much time, I just have to design screens etc and I keep on explaining to them that you're wrong and there's more to it.

Thanks to clown influencers, kids think if they follow these clowns they can get into FAANG or some top tier company.

I'm really scared of the state of Design in India 5 years down the line when these design kiddies become more senior.

Former Design Head here, Here's my advice to designers today

Growth Manager

Hey Folks, Continuing from my previous post.
Any designer here who feels they are really skilled yet stuck doing mediocre work😶‍🌫️? I am looking for individuals who are designing for the passion of craft, individuals who gets to uncharted depths of user understanding, individuals who have realized they are more than just designers.

Comment or DM your portfolio or proudest work till date irrespective of your experience level. I will reach out to the right folks individually 🫰🏻

Giving exceptional designers a chance to shine

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Will entertain only serious questions that respect anonymity. I don’t mind humor, but trolling is strict no no.

Conducted one AMA session last week & was overwhelmed by both number & positive feedback. I might choose to skip any question repeated from last time.

Some things about me
- I love to code & go beyond coding
- Managed a team of around 20 people before
- I love mentoring people
- Presently overseeing the architecture and lifecycle of a suite of products

Don’t mind me giving you some useful gyan 😀

Presently Senior Architect, previously Engineering Manager, 18+ yoe in software engg. AMA

Software architect

Guys I am a developer with 4 years of experience and I want to switch to Product Designing. What should I expect from industry? Any suggestions?

Developer to Designer

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

Attaching a recent sunset pic from my gallery.

Thanks for loving Part 1 of my RLE.
https://share.gvine.app/1phkz5E232ikFMwH8

I am loving this phase of my life. Wlb is good.

Eating organic food, drinking clean water 💦 and breathing clean air 🫁.

More time for family and society.
Getting good sleep with deep sleep more than 2h consistently. No regional holiganism. Life ain't kinda hullabaloo which used to be case in metro.

Saving+investing 100% of my salary (thanks to my investments in last 7-8y)

I want to sustain this and live like this for rest of my life.

I am in late 20s and sitting on total 93L savings.

It will cross 8d soon but am confused on how to go through sustainability. 

Please help me navigate.

1. I don't want to do job. 
Startup or Meaningful work is my calling. In Covid i worked for multiple startups and helped them in many ways. MVP to PMF, am good at marketing, sales, HR and tech. Planning to join a remote startup or start my own. But it should be meaningful startup not just a bigger fool game.

2. I Can do agriculture side by side as I have around 15acres of land. It can give output = Median package of tier 1 mba. Have ideas like growing stevia, alovera and other useful stuff instead of wheat n rice like my old generation. Then it will be huge but again have to convince father. Startups like dehaat are helping in this as well.

3. Get a good franchise in nearby city like sleepwell, Pizza Hut, kfc or tamo and get regular returns.

4. Put all money in FD and get 50k/m return and live a happy life. (50k is more than enough for family of 5 where I live currently)

5. I love reading, blogging, debating, quizzing on economics, geopolitics, spirituality, semiconductor, politics and tech. Can build an online business around this on YouTube and internet.


Please guide me how to reach to correct idea and navigate properly with minimal risk.

Thanks in advance and only serious people reply.

If someone is on same boat ⛵ then do DM.

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It's it practice practice and practice or just whatever you did at work was enough?

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