I have 6 YOE as a UI/UX designer.

Strong UI, but my UX is meh. I have barely done any UX research. I make decisions based on experience, UX articles or bigger products like Dropbox etc.

I’ve never had a problem finding a job and I’d been making close to 6 figures last year. I don’t want to take a break to go back to a boot camp or get a junior position.

What kind of position should I look for and in what type of company so that I can keep doing what I’m strong at and learn a bit of UX?

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Yeah, if you're not doing research, you're not really doing UX.

I would probably recommend looking into Visual Designer, UI Designer, or Interface Designer roles, as they seem more focused around what you've been doing.

Would recommend becoming more familiar with strategy regardless of your role, as it can have a big impact in moving into senior positions.

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I had worked in an agency before as a UI/UX designer with an additional UX designer and it was perfect. It was only a short project though and the agency was small and paid chips.

I’d also worked in-house for fresh tech startups that had a huge budget, but low UX maturity, so my knowledge was enough and money was great. I just felt that as a sole designer I can’t learn from anyone to develop my skills.

Never worked for a staffing agency or a corporation. Should I look into it?

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You can upgrade with courses and other ways learn methodologys. Many many good books, look up UX team of 1.
UXF membership try to get it expensed for example

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Also I suck at anything business and strategy and never analysed data other than heat maps

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