Our graduates talk about their experience in Avocademy, what the job hunt was like, and what life as a UX/UI designer is like now.
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👩💻Meet the Panel:
- Jennifer Jelliff-Russell. UX/UI Foundations & Career Jumpstart Grad,
Senior User Experience Designer @Deltek
- Jenna DuBowy. UX/UI Foundations & Career Jumpstart Grad, UX Designer @JP Morgan
- Darious Serrano. UX/UI Foundations & Career Jumpstart Grad, Product Designer @New Visions for Public Schools
⌚ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
02:35 Avocademy Programs: UX/UI Foundations and Career Jumpstart, explained
03:51 How long did it take you to finish Foundations and to get a job after Career Jumpstart?
06:00 How was your first week in your new role as a UX Designer?
10:20 How do you feel about having a contract vs direct hire employee position?
12:17 Do you have any advice on how to make the most out of Career Jumpstart?
18:14 I have heard that you need a 4 year degree in order to be taken seriously in the job search market, do you find that to be true?
24:48 From the time you submitted your first application, how long did it take you to secure a position and was it the first offer that you took?
28:20 When looking for work after CJ, would one expect to see more contract or permanent (direct hire) jobs?
30:50 Any tips on how to improve your design skills in Figma, InVision, Adobe, etc or how you learned how to work in other programs that weren’t in Foundations?
35:05 Did you all use Linkedin for the job search? What other tools did you use to apply for jobs?
37:21 Do you think there are still a lot of remote positions available in UX? And did you apply to hybrid, remote, on site jobs?
39:24 Do you ever feel like the ux job market will become oversaturated by all the aspiring designers bootcamps are pumping out?
44:00 How much time were you able to devote to Foundations and CJ per week? Were you working full time or parenting?
47:08 Are there many other UX Designers in your company or are you the only one? Who is your manager (title) and who do you learn from?
49:41 Do you see UX being replaced by AI?
53:26 What is your opinion of the Foundations course? Was it in depth and did you come away with a good understanding of UX or did you have to do additional learning outside of the course to fully understand?
57:31 What advice would you give to someone who wants to switch careers into UX design?
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