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I recommend Bloc or any course that is longer and gives you more in your portfolio. I had more success with an internship over networking. Any boot camp will be better supplemented with “real” work where you work alongside a product manager and engineers.
You still need to network though - I know people who went to bootcamps and have had 4 internships and still can’t get a job. Networking will still get you gigs, internships, contract jobs, full-time offers, etc. The more people you know and talk to, the more likely you are to land any type of work.
General Assembly, flatiron, springboard, designation, etc etc etc. You could really google all this and get better answers!
If you want online courses that don’t cost and arm and a leg, springboard has a self-taught course. Go onto UDEMY or Coursera and look up classes, they always have sales going on. Interactive design foundation has classes to take too, but it’s a yearly membership (like $150/yr).
Go to r/UXDesign, r/UserExperience, etc. And read discussions. Join slack channels and email lists. The world is at your finger tips, and you should build up those UX skills now by flexing your research muscles.
Just know, the junior UX job market is hard. You won’t likely get jobs by applying but you should network your ass off. Start adding UX people on LinkedIn now and ask them for information on how like they their job, what’s their daily work routine, what’s a challenge they had recently. They will recommend and refer you for those beginner jobs.
Good luck! I did this all last year and while bootcamp is faster, they overpromise. If you have time, you should self-teach. You already have transferable skills as an art-director, you shouldn’t need to be taught how to think conceptually.