I'm 73 years old with a background in illustration and graphic design. Am I too old to get into the field of ui or ux design?

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56 year old here, my entire career has been UX/UI and (now) digital strategy work. If you want to pursue it and it interests you, by all means go for it! That said, it is very competitive right now, esp. at the entry level. But, try to turn your age and experience into a super power! With Boomers in full retirement as a generation, and Gen X well into middle age, I think if you take a UX boot camp of some kind and look into accessibility/a11y related certifications, industries with large older user populations - healthcare, finance, etc. could really value someone with an older perspective. I often find myself surrounded by "young guns" who tend to design for themselves first and what's trendy. I often am able to anchor them to a realistic sense of how older people engage with technology, what they need vs. what frustrates them, etc. Good luck to you!

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Thanks for your encouragement, and I am currently taking the Google UX design course!

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I started my UX career at age 50.

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