Any tips on how to get into UX without having the background? Where I need to start, potential courses, internships etc

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See if you can find the Stanford human centered design course online. It’s a great foundation. You need to be a great listener, not active listening, empathic listening if you want to be great at it.

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Common sense

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Whatever you do, please learn a hard skill before getting into UX. Too many professors, not enough practitioners.

Competency in graphic design, information design, learning design, psychology, data science/analytics, marketing, communication, writing - be REALLY good at one of these first, please.

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@Deloitte D have you done one of their courses? I was contemplating

Thanks all! Keep them coming folks

I haven’t but know several folks who have at my current client and as long as you commit to it you’ll get a lot out of it

Why do you want to get in UX? What are you currently doing now?

When we hire we look for people with a great story- how they got into UX. Take some free online courses and save your $$ from General assembly type stuff. Just create a portfolio and learn the design process and start chatting with people

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