Context- I’m 30 YO. Have 4.5 years of overall experience and 3.5 years in User Experience Design. Ive got a background in physical product design & I landed in UX due to non availability of 3D projects in TCS.
My leaning in UX since 3.5 years has been hands-on. I’ve worked for a client for almost 3.5 years as a user experience designer. I used to work in silo 95% of the time and hence didn’t know the right YX methodology to use during the UX research process, didn’t know the rights questions that I need to ask to both the stakeholders and users as I didn’t educate myself through any online courses regarding the same. Before I graduated, I was told be a few friends that ‘UX is doable and it’s very easy up learn. If you can pursue physical product design, you can easily do UX.
Fast forward 4 years, I’m compiling all the work I’ve done for the client and I’ve realised a lot of loopholes and lack of depth both in the design process and in the designs. Neither I asked the right questions during the User interview nor my design fully solves the user’s problems completely. I have to add these 2 projects I d worked for the client as I need to showcase real world projects in my portfolio.
I want to switch not just due to bad pay. I want to switch for better exposure, for growth and to learn to work in a team.
I can’t go to the client and gain more clarity on the needs and requirements of the project as I no longer work with them.
I will re-educate myself regarding the user research methodologies, best UX practices , UI design principles etc.
But how do I showcase these projects which are flawed and has a lot of loopholes?
You can showcase the loopholes that you have now identified as Bad Design pattern and the impact it has in long run. You have valuable first hand experience in how not to do things which no book / resource can teach as they teach how to do things right superficially touching how things can hold wrong aspect. I think you are sitting on goldmine of valuable experience, ofcourse now you need to Sit down and upskill in best practises thoroughly but I guarantee things will click more spectacularly during your course of learnings as you will be able to pin point what happens/happened when you did things a certain way.
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