Masters in HCI

I always planned on doing masters after completing two years of experience. But with the current market scenario, is it worth going to USA to pursue masters in HCI ? I’m stressed about not getting h1b visa and also having to pay the loan if the market continues to be bad. Also, would love to know if anyone has done and is practicing as a ux designer in Germany, Netherlands? What are the prospects in Europe? For context: Bachelors in Communication design Years of experience: 2 (product design) at reputed companies

My background : Work ------ 2.6 years of Work experience as Software Engineer in WITCH Company handling the middleware and some devops operations in my project. Education ----------- B.tech in CSE from a Tier 2 college I started my career a bit late compared to my peers because of some bad decisions in past but I was able to get back on track and gain industry experience . Since past year I realized I haven't grown much career wise . I had plans to pursue Masters earlier but postponed it because of COVID and I realised it's better to gain some experience before going abroad. I didn't want to pursue a traditional CS Masters degree since I wanted to explore and learn something new . That's when I came across HCI and over the months my interest in it has deepened . I did take some courses related to HCI and UX to get better understanding. Skills ------ I have fairly decent front end skillset with good basics in HTML, CSS , JavaScript and ReactJS . Started learning Figma recently I want to land jobs as UX Engineer where I do a bit of design and coding . I have got admits from good universities which have specialization in HCI . I wanted to know if it's a good decision to go for masters now and pursue this field .

Hey Designers, I'm seeking recommendations for UI/UX certification courses with significant market value. Any suggestions?

Background : I am a product designer with a few years of experience in the industry. I already have a B.Des degree and I'm seeing that the standard route for people with my background is to do a masters in design. From my time working I've seen that people who are good designers irrespective of whether they have some sort of design degree or not are doing well. Which makes me unsure whether I should take up masters or not. This might be a very biased take since the sample size is very small. All in all, I wanted to understand if a masters degree holds a high valuation like in other industries.

I am currently working as an Industrial Designer at a Startup ( 14 LPA ). I have a Master’s Degree in Design from Indian Institute of Science. I am not finding jobs and am very confused about wether to continue as an Industrial Designer since I see very less demand as of now. On the other hand UX design is very lucrative in terms of perks and package. Your thoughts would be really helpful.

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

I want to switch my career to design and have been doing a course on UX in coursera . What else do I need in my portfolio to get a job in design ?

Hi folks , who switched to UX/Product Design How did you navigate the change , Would appreciate any advice I can get