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You CAN be a designer!
Don’t let the gatekeepers stop you. I’ll leave the back gate open 🤗
UX Design has grown into a massive, well paid industry over the years. Designers can expect salaries on par with developers, with experienced designers being able to charge insane rates!
Obviously more people would like a larger piece of the pie, right?
Not enough designers
Currently the industry is facing a shortage of good, seasoned designers. That in turn drives the rates and wages way up.
Because that status-quo is perfect for people who started 20,15 or 10 years ago, they often unintentionally try to gate-keep the newbies or at least discourage them in some way.
In reality UX is not that difficult
By using fancy jargon, long, confusing terms and processes that are rarely used in the real world, the industry sends the juniors a message: you’re not good enough!
And while it may feel nice and fun to be that genius-senior-designer, there’s barely any genius to it. It’s just skills and most people can learn them.
Of course it requires time, motivation and lots of discipline. But what doesn’t?
