this is the most commonly asked question in my Channel how do I get a client project where do I
find a client project and yeah I've been saying you need to do networking for many times but I
guess it's not an answer that satisfy most of you guys so I'm trying to fill in a gap here okay I
don't suggest you to go out there and directly apply to jobs that already exist on the internet
because they have high computation and it's unlikely if you don't have real world project
at hand to get those jobs instead I suggest you to do the followings the first thing you need to
do is use your unfair Advantage unfair advantage means to think that you have access to but other
people don't have access to some example includes if you're in a school your school may have some
special internship programs or your school may have like job fairs that only open up to your
school's student including you about the thing about unfair Advantage is that it's very likely
for ourselves to ignore our unfair Advantage because we've been living it all lifelong
for example if you are living in a tech Hub like Bangalore India Lagos Nigeria
Bay Area Silicon Valley just go through those networking events it's literally right next door
and my personal example of using unfair Advantage is that when I was in university our school had
a special program collaboration with the firm in Tokyo so it was pretty easy for me to apply for a
design internship position at a Tokyo startup and then I flew to Tokyo in the summer and I lived in
the Shibuya area for two months they even gave me a house for free to live with my classmates
it was a dream life it's definitely an unfair advantage that got me to that position so make
sure to find yours another thing you shall do is in-person networking event especially if you
are living in a tech Hub Bangalore India Lagos Nigeria Silicon Valley go to as many events as
possible you can find it on Eventbrite or meet up or any local event kind of website
you shall expand your network not just to other product design or ux designers you should also
spend your network just to people in general who's in the tech industry or potential client
that you feel you can improve their product and I will show you my networking secret
if you want anybody's LinkedIn or Gmail if they are not a speaker at the event have a
genuine conversation with them and then be like is it okay if we take a photo together I want to
capture this event and then tell them do you want the photo give me your email I can send it to you
then you get that person's email if this person is a speaker at the event just go to the front
take some nice photo of this person and whenever the person is done speaking go up there ask some
questions and also tell them hey I took some photo of you when you are speaking would you
like me to send a photo to you and they will say yes of course and you can ask what is your
Linkedin what's your Gmail here you get another person's Gmail or Linkedin and this time from a
speaker I figured this out myself and it has been my networking secret since 18 years old
I talked about it here when I was still a very young YouTuber and when you are doing networking
the thing that get you to become a person's connection of course to some extent is your
job it's your career but the thing that stick people together is just the most people-ish stuff
let me tell you an example when I was 18 years old I volunteered as a photographer to this most
expensive Silicon Valley event for CEOs around the world and that's why I was at this dinner
table and sitting right in front of me is the CEO of a very famous German car company I was
18 years old kid okay I don't know what I can say because I feel like hierarchy wise I'm so
much lower than them but then people start to ask me where are you from and this question can spark
so much conversation I just told them I'm from Beijing China and then they start to say
oh I work with clients in Beijing China I work with people in China you guys use WeChat right
and the funniest thing for the next 15 minutes I start to show people how does the WeChat interface
looks like compared to WhatsApp and we just start to have the most human conversation ever it's not
all related to tech but it just really connects us together so even if you're an aspiring designer
even if you don't have a lot of Industry knowledge it's still totally okay for you to connect with
anyone you like in a networking event I will tell you two more secrets but before that I
need to let you know that I'm developing a course called Fast Track to ux a four-week figma crash
course this course is designed to polish up your personal portfolio project so that you can learn
the real world project it basically fills in the gap of Google certificates or other traditional ux
bootcamps are better because I went through taking courses myself doing personal projects do a real
client project and then getting my job in eBay and now starting up my own company and this journey is
long but I've made so many mistakes in between and I know what exactly you need to know to get to the
next step and that is why I'm doing this course so if you want a discount when the course go live
check out the link in the description there's a form if you fill out that form I will give you
a discount now to the next part the next secret of getting a real world client is changing your
perspective from I need a job to you need a design service these are two completely different things
"you need a job" is self-centric you are thinking about your problem but hey you want to become a
product designer but a product designer solves problems for other people I will show you my
example again oh my God how many years ago I don't even remember but basically at this networking
event I met this speaker he's this Innovation guy in the Silicon Valley he provides Innovation
services to a lot of companies and he mentors and teaches chief* Innovation officer I think that's
how it's called and he has the most unbelievable eye-catching catchy speech I have ever heard it's
like a TED talk but one hour long TED talk but for the entire hour you want to listen to this guy but
something I realized is that he can totally get some help from polishing up the look of his deck
I basically first talked to him and then I gave him his photos because I had my camera so I got
his um contact and during the summer break of my University program I emailed him and
said that hey I remember you had this amazing speech you offered these amazing services to
all other companies I think your services can be benefited from a more polished deck design
during summer I would like to work with you as an intern to help you to polish up those slides
and in addition I can also do product design if you have any product in mind a UI design if you
want to design a website and then he immediately said yes so the thing I did here is that instead
of say hey I really need a job can you help me say hey I can help you because you need a design
service and now I'm going to show you the final secret this one is kind of level up you know it's
kind of like the higher level of networking but I believe eventually you'll get here this level is
not about seeking opportunities you yourself this level is about attracting opportunities basically
you do personal branding and you no longer send any other person emails or job applications you
just keep doing personal branding and then Brands will come to you this of course will take time
but I believe the basic of this shall be down for absolutely everyone which include you need
a professional headshot or at least like a clear headshot on your linking profile you need a good
linkedin profile so that whenever people search you on LinkedIn all the past experiences they're
well written if you don't know how to write them ChatGPT knows how to write them tell ChatGPT what
you've done and then it will write you a really good point form and then use your own language own
tone to write down those point forms and I start to do personal branding when I was at my worst if
you look at my YouTube channel you can see that the most viewed video from my YouTube channel is
this Google ux certificate review video that I've done when basically my entire self-esteem is eaten
by the job rejection letters I've got I just graduated with no job no money no status in the
United States and I'm taking this course because I want want to level up my ux design and I need a
job and I did this review program and then it blew up it's not like I do one video it blew up I did
hundreds of videos before that I archived all of them because they're so embarrassing but anyways
that video blew up and I don't need to search for jobs anymore because people will come to me
and be like hey do you want to do this project with me yeah this will take time and there's no
formula to it but I believe if you try everything I've said today you will figure out what you are
good at and whenever you figure out what you are good at Double Down on that you'll find your first
real world client and just as I said for many of my other videos I believe the skills you've
learned in UI ux design and product design can be applied to so many more things Beyond UI ux
design if you want to start a business you've learned how to design a product all by yourself
if you want to just apply to your life make your day better well just think about you are
your client now how to make your user experience better as someone who's living in your apartment
as someone who's living your current situation how to design a better day for yourself right so I
believe you can get there and you can always apply your UIUX skills on a daily basis and of course my
course my course can help you a lot on that as well so if you want a discount on my upcoming
course check out the description below and fill in the form you will not regret it you don't have
to buy it if you don't like the curriculum you know at least get a discount code and you can
send it to some of your friend who want to buy it that is enough sales and that is enough giveaway
for today if you want more comment down below also I'm invited to Figma Config next week so
I'm very excited I'm flying to San Francisco I will make a Vlog I'll probably also post an
Instagram story to ask you guys about what you want to ask to all those crazy cool designers
yeah my Instagram is thealienacai make sure to follow me so you don't miss that out and I'm also
invited to visit figma headquarter so I'm super excited that's it for today's video cheers bye