Achieving Success as a Self-Taught UI/UX Designer in 2023

📚 Learning UI/UX design can be challenging without guidance.

💡 Design school is not necessary to become a successful designer.

🌟 Passion for design can be sparked through personal projects and experimentation.

🔑 Learning design is about doing design work and not just memorizing theories.

📚 To become a UI/UX designer, you need to learn how to think like a designer, understand basic design principles, recreate designs, build a portfolio, and land an internship.

💡 Problem-solving is a crucial skill for future designers in UI/UX, as we build solutions for people's wants and needs.

📚 Consuming a lot of material on problem-solving is recommended.

💡 Getting familiar with basic design principles is important.

💡 Gaining a real understanding of how and why things work in design.

🔑 Recreating and reverse-engineering designs helps understand design principles and patterns.

💡 Combining copying and stealing with learning design software is recommended for skill development.

🌟 Exploring inspiration sites, recreating designs, and finding commonalities leads to design reuse.

💼 Building a portfolio with designs that have fixable flaws can lead to your first paid design gig.

🎯 Highlight your preferred area of focus, either UI design or UX problem-solving, in your portfolio.

📚 Learn from case studies like Uber's to showcase your design thought process or visually appealing elements.

💡 Choose the type of designer you want to be and start working on projects to build your portfolio.

🔑 Getting feedback from senior designers is essential for growth and improving design skills.

🚀 Securing an internship at a place with senior designers will provide opportunities to build a real portfolio and advance your career.

🎯 Starting at a small agency and proving creativity can outweigh a lesser portfolio and less design experience in getting an internship.

💡 Channeling creativity and making an impression on potential employers is important in securing an internship.

📝 Commitment, continuous improvement, and sticking to a plan can lead to landing a design job within a year.