Would love to some day, not for the degree but to learn. 4-Week Certification: Part-time Online Training with Expert-led Live Sessions. 12-Week Immersive: Part-time Online Training with Expert-led Live Sessions. No college does, although to be fair, I've never had the privilege of attending an HCI program. Get Job Ready within weeks by selecting a Training path that meets your Career Aspirations. No one gives a shit about the certificate and it is a mistake to think that people sign up for bootcamps for it. General Assembly portfolios tend to not be very good, on the other hand, one of my favorite UX designers works at General Assembly Atlanta.įinal word, go to a bootcamp if you want UX experience and to learn about the field, that is what it is for.
Look at their portfolios if you're too shy to talk to them. I was a real UX designer and a month after I graduated I took up a (hopefully) short-term freelance gig where I used the same things I learned and applied it to other projects.ĭo some user research, go on LinkedIn and search for alumni, send them a message. Our curriculum is designed to teach you the technical and. I went to a bootcamp because I wanted to get real-world, client experience. An immersive, online course that will prepare you for a successful career as a full-stack developer. It depends how you can leverage your past experience, it depends what bootcamp you attend, it depends what effort you put into it.
And because we don't have access to the methodology, we'll just have to assume the data is credible.Īnd yes, ironically this same link was posted on r/userexperience.įor the same reasons that people highlight that bootcamps don't give you the same education as a full program, it sure makes it difficult to explain that the majority of UX designers now are self-taught. Of all UX Designers surveyed, 65% self-taught, 31% Masters, 11% Bootcamp, 16% online cert (essentially a bootcamp). So you may as well get representation from all sides right?īarring all that I think you should look at the data and see for yourself. And admittedly, what I am going to say is probably influenced by my own confirmation bias.
HCI grads don't like bootcamps because they want to believe that their education was worth it, it is the only way to get into the industry and anything else short of that is just a cheap shortcut.Īnd yes all of the above are incredibly unfair and unexplored assumptions. Self-taught users don't like bootcamps because they want to justify not having an education.
We have this argument all the time but basically, I believe there is a bunch of confirmation bias going on against bootcamps.