Been an engineer for 2.5 years. Planning to change career to ux. Need to know: 1- Salaries range for my case. 2- Or if I’ll be even accepted as ux. I don’t have visa issues. I don’t have a portfolio yet. Not sure what to put there as I am an engineer at the moment. I have a ux certification, and worked closely with ux. Know very well the design process and how to use sketch/invision. TC: 132k I’m fine with 120k as a start, is that possible and how can start this step in my career. Please help me with good advice, I’ve been trying for 6 months now! No luck, not sure it’s the corona or I’m terrible. At this point I need being an engineer is cursing me instead of adding some blessings.
Well definitely build a portfolio, that is super important, it's basically your resume. You might not have any "real" projects but that's ok, you can put case studies or practice designs, but you need to show something. Prepare to make less as a designer and understand that you'll be starting from the bottom. Engineering knowledge helps a lot, but does not offset the training of the eye for visual design.
UX what? Design, research, eng...?
UX design, where I go through the whole process. I have the knowledge but not hands on experience.
Get a portfolio, then ask these questions. Prove that you’re a designer by, y’know, designing something and showing actual commitment to the craft. Hint: UX is a lot less fun and a lot harder than it looks. Be really clear about why you’re doing it. That you’re talking about it without having created a portfolio or perhaps even designing anything is a bad sign.
Oh That’s why I am asking. I am into UX, I enjoy the process I am an engineer, not sure how to jump to the field. I don’t have portfolio because I did not do full task as a ux. Wanted a starting point Thanks for the positive talk, if u have an advice please add it. If not, I appreciate ur valuable comment. I never said I’m an expert, I am asking for help.
Create 3 projects. One can emphasize interaction design, the other can emphasize visual design, the last more product thinking (solving a conceptual problem). Have a brief narrative for each. Focus on user problems, business situation, and how you would evaluate success and iterate (this assumes no real-world/shipped work). Be able to present these projects in under 45min. Assume that you will only have 30min for some interviews, which means two strong projects.
No portfolio = no job
What about salary? For starting level? Any idea? I’m building my portfolio after good comments above, but any idea about 💵 range as a start?
Easily over your target of 120k
That is really good news :)
Do you want to step away from engineering? Or are you interested in using your skills as an engineer as you work as a UX designer?
My skills will help me for sure With that said I’m so into ux! I can spend hours working on ux stuff , I don’t enjoy debugging and tracing code. I feel many can code very rare are creative enough to be good UX
The market is super saturated with barely any junior design roles. The junior market was bad but even worse now. I would switch when the market is better...
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How about a UX engineering role? Your eng experience could be an advantage while expanding your horizon to the UX field.
Not many companies hire that role. I wanted something more stable.