UX Beginner’s Guide: Top 10 Tips for Getting Started in Product Design
A senior designer’s advice for portfolios, resumes, case studies, interviews, skills to improve, and more.
I’ve been doing this design thing for quite a while — professionally around 22 years, plus a few more years in school. For many reading this article, I’m old enough to be your dad. Yikes! Over the decades, my style has evolved, my opinions have formed, and my advice has become clear.
As I look back, these are the various areas of my career where I found the most success. I’d strongly recommend these topics for designers starting out new in the field and feeling overwhelmed by the professional world of UX.
Please note: These are my top 10 suggestions. Millions of people on the internet will tell you a million different things — it’s your job to find the gold nuggets that resonate deeply with you and help you. Be the judge of your own progress. Learn to discard the garbage and internalize the gems.
Top 10 tips for building better UX portfolios
1. Plagiarism is a huge no-no
Cite your sources. Don’t plagiarize the work of others and pass it off as your own. Plagiarism is dangerous…
