when i was little i tried to teach my cute chinese grandmother how to use a computer but it didn't
go well because the computer keyboard is all in english and five years later the ipad came out
i used my mother's money to buy an ipad from her grandmother and she managed to learn it in 20
minutes because she only needs to use her finger the screen is large enough and she doesn't need
to understand any english she can just write the chinese character so even though i lived
abroad from my family for 10 years i facetimed my grandmother every single day for 10 years and the
first time i saw my grandmother's happy face when she facetimed me from china and was able to see me
that is the moment that motivated me to design for a more inclusive future of technology
now that's a great hook for a video right that is honestly the deeper reason why i
wanted to become a ux designer and starting now i'll break down five more practical
detailed reasons and these five categories include academic background strength and personality
money money time and network when i was in college i studied computer science
and business these were two majors that i thought are most closely related to tech and after four
years of studying computer science i learned one single thing which is i'm not good at coding
whatever takes another person two hours to complete it would take me 20 hours to
complete so i thought to myself why should i proceed with a career that i'm not good at
and four years of studying business i forgot about most terminologies but i remembered
one key word and that is product market fit no matter what you want to build it's all about a
continuous process of building and finding a great product market fit so i thought to
myself okay maybe the marketing side of things i'm not that interested in so how can i do something
for tech companies and more on the product side of thing that is not coding ta-da ux design
and i think ux design is a field that will utilize my strengths and really works well with
my personality i'm a very considerate creative visual thinker who is also very interested in
both art and technology being considerate helps me to think through the target user point of view
being creative helps me to find simple solutions for complex problems being a visual thinker
helps me to visualize things faster than most people and being interested in both art and tech
is pretty much what this field is about now moving to money there's no shame if you are interested in
this field because of the money because honestly tech industry is still where the most money is at
and i know many many fields that are related to ux design is being extremely undervalued I have
friends coming from a graphic design background architecture background or
some other careers field that underpaid them but as a ux designer you can make a tech salary
however please remember this the competition is super high in the entry point because so many
people are trying to become a ux designer so it's very likely that in the beginning it will
be tough to find good opportunity now moving to time i think being a great ux designer is
not really just about being a hard working person because this is a field where spending more time
doesn't necessarily mean bringing more value it's more about making wise decisions of course it
really depends on the company that you are working for for my case when i was working with startups
i spent more time doing design work than communicating but now that i'm working at ebay
i spend more time communicating than doing actual design work communication wise i work very closely
with pms and engineers and i find myself usually need to spend less time comparing to my pm friends
or even many engineering friends and regarding the time i have to put in to do the design work
it's less than the time that most of my software engineers friends have to put in to coding so if
you manage your time well and also manage to find a remote work it's possible that you can find a
lot of free time and i have to thrive this again it's about making wise decisions and if you want
to learn more about how to make wiser decisions as a ux designer please subscribe to my channel
because this is what this channel is about and also check out this video where in this video i
talked about how to handle design constraint so that you don't waste time designing for nothing
another reason i want to get into ux is because of the network if you become a ux designer you'll be
working with people in the tech industry these are amazing connections and resources that will
help with your future career i know still a lot of people think the tech industry is evil
i personally think technology is always neutral and it's all about how we design it how we use it
and how we share it and as a ux designer bring the most helpful product to non-technical users
is my responsibility i sincerely wish there will be more designers in the front line of technology
development and also innovation these are the reasons why i wanted to become a ux designer
and if you want to learn more about it please comment a victory sign emoji in
the comment section below or simply comment what you want to see more from my channel
thank you so much for coming by i'm aliena cai i will see you next time cheers
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