UX/UI/Product designers, do you pay the membership for interaction design? If you do, do you find it helpful? Do you actually use it? Thanks!

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I bought a membership for my team and we all started courses but I don’t think any of us finished because we were so busy on other things. We didn’t renew. It felt better for more junior and mid designers as well in regards to course offerings, but that was just my experience.

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No. Used to AIGA when I participated, but networking has evolved dramatically.

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I was a member of various professional organizations and presented regularly at conferences when I was just starting out. However, I cannot say I ever got much out of the memberships.

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I don’t actually use it bc I haven’t found all that useful. I’m willing to give it a shot as I’m new to the field (2 YOE) and am hungry to improve.

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I do and I find it useful for learning. I don't however use it for networking.

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Good to know. Thanks for the input.

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