What are the UX Design learning resources you’d actually recommend for someone starting out? Trying to wade through the noise and identify key resources (boot camps, literature, communities, conferences, etc). Appreciate the help!

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Nielsen Norman (site with research/best practices), Baymard (comparison research with examples ) Google Material Design (descriptive with how app creators should design/code for android), Deque Axe-Con (Free digital accessibility conference with archived videos on YouTube), Don’t Make Me Think (book)

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Thanks so much! I’ll look into these

Where are you starting from? Have you done any work relating to graphic design or psychology previously? Or are you pursuing this all as net new? Do you already have a UX design job,

My basic recommendation is to always do the stuff that is free before looking to do anything paid, that and renting/buying books to read that are well-known/praised. Ie anything written by Don Norman.

There’s a couple of known communities, mainly catering to those that are fresh. You can find them on LinkedIn, Discord, Slack, Reddit.

Medium articles and searching forum posts can help create a list of good books.

Figma and Adobe conferences usually have some good learning panels. They also have community resources. There are a few free short course/programs offered from IBM and salesforce as well.

If you are fresh and aiming to get a job doing UX design as quickly as possible, you have to focus on your portfolio work. If you decide a paid course is the only way you can do that, you’ll need to do your own due diligence and make a final decision based on your available time and money. However there’s not a degree, badge, or certificate that will get you into a job faster than somewhere else. Connections/pipelines from boot camps that help you get into a job might help some, but with as many graduates and limited number of entry positions there’s no realistic promise of a job shortly after graduating anywhere.

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You make a lot of good points. I asked about the community names because I’ve had similar experiences and that’s been frustrating. Small consolation that it’s not just me looking in the wrong places.

I’ll explore some other UX roles-perhaps there’s something there that I haven’t thought of. Thanks AED1

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