UX cheat sheet for (new) UXers
There are tons of great UX resources out there and here are some of my favorites for aspiring, new and seasoned UX professionals.
This is a live list, and I’ll be updating this from time to time.
Last update: Sept 3, 2021
About UX
What the #$%@ is UX Design? (video) —Matthew Magnin
The UX Design Process: An Actionable Guide To Your First Job In UX — Rosie Allabarton
Principles & Best Practices
Laws of UX — Jon Yablonski
Gestalt Principles in UI Design — Eleana Gkogka
Universal Web Design Principles That Improve Usability And Conversion — Neil Patel
7 Practical Tips for Cheating at Design — Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger
When to use which User-Experience Research Methods — Christian Rohrer
Guide to UX Research — Paulina Barlik
Career Advice
Career Advice for UX Designers — Aarron Walter
Things I wish I knew when starting in UX — Paul McAleer
Here Are the Hard Skills You Need to Succeed as a New Designer — Patrick Neeman
11 Valuable Lessons I Learned Working in the Real World of UX — Guy Ligertwood
User Experience Career — nngroup
Resume / Cover Letter
How to Write a Great User Experience Resume — Patrick Neeman
Actively Design Your Resume |Elevating Your Resume Design— Steven Ma
Bad Cover Letters Are Self-Eliminating — Steven Ma
Portfolio Preparation
How to Structure Your First UX Portfolio — Geunbae “GB” Lee
Make Movie Trailers for Your UX Portfolio — Steven Ma
How to write an essay well — Julian Shapiro
UX Interviews
UX Recruiting Toolkit:Interviewing UX Candidates (5/7) — Khosla Ventures
Acing the UX Interviews — Phillip Hunter
What design challenges are all about — Nick Finck
What I learned from flying to Seattle for Microsoft’s final wave of design interviews — Tiffany W. Eaton
Interviewing like a boss (User Defender podcast)— Andy Vitale
Job Market Outlook
LinkedIn’s Most Promising Jobs of 2019 — Linkedin
Economic Trends: Reflections on 2018, Predictions for 2019 — Payscale
50 Best Jobs in America for 2019 — glassdoor
The Best Jobs in the United States (2018) — Indeed
Salary
UX Salary Guide InfoGraphics (2018) — Onward Search
Average UX salaries— uxdesignersalaries.com
Payscale salary report — Payscale
UX Education
Calculating the Risk of College — wsj (not really UX, but you oughta know)
Are UX Design Bootcamps Worth It? — Nina Gannes
2019 Best Web Design Bootcamps — Switchup
Why the Traditional 4-year degree isn’t cutting it anymore —Jennifer Spencer
I talked to 3 people who got into UX in their 40’s — Guy Ligertwood
Design Related Videos/Podcasts
Learning Design Tools
Pro Bono Project Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Jared Spool’s (monthly) twitter thread
https://www.wayup.com — a job site geared for fresh grads / college students
Front-end
10 YouTube Channels For Learning Basic Frontend Development — SpeckyBoy
12 playful ways to learn how to code — SpeckyBoy
CSS-Tricks — Chris Coyier
Scrimba — High quality intro’s to CSS grid, Flexbox, JS, D3, Vue
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