I’m a Senior UX Designer at a global company, and I can confirm that what this guy is saying is unfortunately true. I’ve grown frustrated as my role shifted from hands-on research to simply dragging and dropping elements on the screen. The monotony has made me lose interest in design, and I’m now exploring more exciting opportunities, like game development. I wish luck to those pursuing a career in design today.
I worked as a Game Designer and it's even more boring than dragging & dropping! You will end up working on extremely random game assets that will probably be used or noticed by someone or even you!
@@AAABBB-lh9se If you love games and you want get into the industry then yes working for these studios is good for your portfolio. It's just not a very good industry if you care about work life balance and pay. Other programming jobs pay better. So the alternative route is to get a higher paying programming job that isn't as stressful and pursue game dev as a hobby and then maybe become an indie dev if you want to release your own game. But do your research. Find game dev forums and ask your questions there.
I've been a designer since 2010. Websites, apps, UX, UI, front-end, back-end... I did them all. Every couple of years I save some money and take a break from the industry thinking this was it. But I always come back to it, because it's what I love doing the most. I'm now running a small UX consultancy company and it does well, the secret is to be a bit multi-disciplinary and be a likeable person... and you'll get projects.
I guess one thing is being the owner of a UX design company where you make the deals directly with the clients, and another one working as an employee not knowing when your gig is going to end? Also, if you started out as a web designer working with Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Flash and also doing coding, those skills will get you more gigs than someone who's only trained to work in the UX/UI design field.
I have worked in many large companies that have their own big IT projects and entire product ecosystems, and finding a good UI and UX specialist with a understanding of business is very difficult. Yes, things have been simplified for creating simple business websites, and today it is easy to use ready-made templates, but when it comes to unique and complex service startups, not a single AI is capable of designing, testing, and creating the necessary design properly. The truth is that today, to be a designer, it really requires a huge understanding of everything, from management to interacting with AI.
There are two main problems I think - one is businesses are going towards efficiency at the cost of most of the experience (subpar products are done because its cheaper) and on the other hand most people "teaching" design teach flashy figma animations and not actual, useful skills because it gets more likes. There are ways out of it and I'm lucky to have my community do better than the industry average :)
Don't worry! My main goal with this is to set a baseline - if someone's not sure whether design is for them they should probably quit. Most people here are 100% sure and committed and they will thrive. Next week I'll discuss the same 5 points again with how to go around them and still win :)
@@MalewiczHype Love your honesty, though! I did suspect most of these points, but getting confirmation from an expert always hits different. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us and help us be prepared, you're the best ❤️
yes this job is pretty boring and repetitive, what the author said are mostly true. don't be fooled by all those ig and youtube tutorial videos out there teaching ppl how to make fancy animations and design. they are just not realistic (yet). maybe eventually we will have software that converts fancy animations into usable codes. But until then, ui/ux is mostly just a bullshit job like any another. don't be fooled by bootcamp advertisments that try to sell u stupid courses that people slapped together in a week.😅😅😅
agreed! we need to and act like designers rather than just drag and drop components as said. He has pointed out facts to us, now whoever wants to learn ui/ux in 2024 work hard and smart.
Thanks for watching - If we get 1000 likes I will release a FREE mini course on UA-cam! As always appreciate all your thoughts in the comments. If you're afraid of any specific part the most let me know - I'll try to cover it more in future videos. My goal is to help you succeed - and sometimes being brutally honest is needed to set the proper baseline for growth!
Your predictions are wrong about ai, no one can even grasp what its going to be, same with you and me so please at least stop negative narrative about it as it will only harm your wellbeing. Everything else are pretty solid reasons and agree. No one should be forced to do deceptive experiences, we should erase that behavior that is fueled by greed. Also, money is back at East now, sit and enjoy watching how collective cultures do things that are excluding no one. Maybe you'll join the ride.
With AI I'm not talking about pure capability (as it's pretty low right now) - I'm talking about businesses choosing the paths of least resistance and using AI for everything despite the low quality - because it's faster and cheaper. It's simply aiming down instead of up and I do hope this trend will reverse.
I get where you're coming from being it tough love and all. I know this video can come off quite polarizing to many newbies coming into to UX, it makes me wonder if this industry will stand the test of time in the next few years with AI, we may end up just switching to manual labor jobs until they make AI androids lol and then we're all screwed.
I think you’re right in this. I started out as a front end developer wanting to be more UX (12 years ago). I succeeded and did some coding but more and more UX - solving big complex problems for intricate systems and apps, it’s been fun, I was even early on this AI era at a company. Then mass layoffs and I’m “out”. Been trying to get “back in” but it’s been a strange journey since fall 2023. Weird interview processes and ghosting companies etc. I’ve grown tired of this climate and an over saturated market of “UX:ers”. My plan now is to go back to coding, even something else than UI. Admittedly I’ve refreshed my React and Typescript skills but now also taking Python courses… I really like designing but even more so understanding and solving problems. Even thinking of converting into cybersecurity (yeah I know, it’s trendy but I’ve always liked security for some reason, solving problems is key).
Thank you! Most people ONLY want to sell their PDF's to people so they pretend it's all candy and confetti. I prefer people to not buy my stuff if they realise UX is actually not for them. And for everyone else I'm here to help!
Everything is evolution. Ai is coming. New tools come. But none of this replaces us as designers. If it is so UI/UX and many creative jobs already should gone by now. But now...Industry is changing and we need to adapt to new changes. When everybody using photoshop to design ..Then Canva comes offer as a template ready mate..But Photoshop never been replaced...so are designers.... There is many website builder without code comes before...but still programmer are needed in the market now. Stop the predict the future..Instead do the job because you want it...because you love. Become an expert of it...Because there is someone always need that expertise from you....
My goal is to never lie or mislead people - it is going to be harder now. Which means those not fully committed should probably quit without wasting time and money. However I have a whole video getting ready with how to go around these five reasons - planned for next week.
hey you, yes you stop scrolling. i know you want to get out the rat race so you thought about being an ux/ui designer. in order to validate your choice you decide to look for videos for approval. at first you were happy then you saw this video telling why not be a ux. Now your paralyzed and worry until a weeks later he tell you why you should be a ux design. its not his fault his just playing the game. in order for him to keep getting view he you need you to not make decision and constantly consume content . now if i were you, don't do a job that is safe rather become marketable in something you love/passion and go through the good and bad.
Doing stuff you actually enjoy doing is my main message - that's why I tell everyone before they jump into ux to watch a couple of free videos on the actual processes (I have a few playlists on that) and see if it's even for you. Honesty is better than pretending it's all sunshine and candy.
which is good, it great you are telling people both the good and bad, as said before it's not your fault you're just playing the system. you're doing what needs to be done to maintain your views regardless if it's out of altruism. the problem lies in how the system or algorithm makes the viewer paralyzed with choice, unable to make a decision FOMO. being in that position before, it is a type of hell, (similar to tutorial hell) my advice is that people who are doing it for security/freedom won't last. you wasting your time scrolling because you always hear the good and bad and now you are stuck. the only way to break it is to do something you passion about not what is safe. @@MalewiczHype
You can also find ways to pivot out of it - design skills aren't just what's typical to UX - it's general problem solving through creating new processes. Best designers will make new jobs for themselves :)
I've been a designer since 1996 and yes, I was mostly a drag and dropper. If someone thinks he's cool as a UX Designer, he's an idiot, cooler and more original than he is a barber. I made a lot of money, but now it's over. AI destroys everything. I am looking for a new opportunity to survive. With this job, you won't earn a lot of money and you have huge competition. After 38 years, you can look for another job for that you will be surpassed.
AI is not destroying design as an industry. It's just making lazy/bad people think they're good enough but it's quickly verified. It's nowhere close to actually replacing a design problem solving. Maybe with AGI but that also has a lot of potential issues.
Great insights, thanks for sharing! For everybody reading the comments remember that there is always need for good UX in enterprise level softwares, what is mentioned in the video is mostly true but depends on the industry and type of projects you specialize in, if all you do are landing pages or 5 pages website then yes a UI Kit does the trick and there is not such a need for an expensive designer.
Let me do a prediction for designers in the next years: UX Design won't be the same like today but it can't be removed I think the current situation is mainly happening, because we got lazy the past years. Back in time before flat design you needed to have much more understanding to craft components since they where not flat. You had to put more effort into creating something outstanding. But the last couple of years where flat design made it, everyone (even non designers) were able to create simple designs and even with mordern technologys everyone is able to change that design into a real webdesign project. The second thing is the fact that companys all over the world save broken theirselfs by ditching bigger researches and more complex designs going into a direction which leads to using more automated and easier to maintenance tools like net promoter scores for example. And yes even ai will get better and provide even more possabilitys to kick some progresses we have to do as ux designers. But should you stop learning UX design nowadays or beeing scared to get kicked out? Definetely not. There is a change happening right now and what youre doing today as a UX Designer won't be what your'e doing in the future. We need to see what companys will need from us in future. So from the design part: Since 2024 we are jumping out from the flat design train back to more complicated components which are aiming for more uniqueness, there is a change already happening, so from today all the various tools and possabilitys may wont be used in the future since we are aiming for more stunning and unique components. Same goes for companys. They may want to work cost effective but there are always the big players who start changing directions and tell what's the new way. No company will stay at the same level they are today. And also AI never will be that creative to completely removes our skills. And from the technical part: Every year in tech niche is providing new chances, new tools, new software, new technology and new mindblowing possibilitys. So in development when Chatgpt was launched, every developer was scared about their jobs to get replaced. Now in 2024 we can say even if AI is getting better it will assist developers and do boilerplate for us so that we can focus on the real interesting parts in development. It kicks out old tasks and brings in new opportunitys. Mayber in the next years it wont be called "Developer" rather than something like "Code Engineer" and AI like chatgpt will be our tool to do our daily busines. And the exact same thing will happen for UX Design. it will be called different in future maybe and there will be a different frame we get used to, but its definetely not wrong to learn the principles and ask yourself what the pain points are from today and how this future frame will look like.
I love your point about flat designs....I am a commercial illustrator for the last 17 years. Trends come and go....we create new labels for slightly altered jobs....we keep learning and creating and hell, if Ai makes it so we dont havento work so hard i am for it!
Really appreciate the honesty in this video because its all true. Started UX last year so I guess I have a lot of catch-up to do, although I've been a graphic designer for 3+ years.. I'm putting in effort every day to stay ahead. I'll be on the look out for the 5 reasons to do learn UX
Thanks man, was just about to spend lots of time and money on that. After a month of networking and planning, I am reconsidering thanks to your vid. I thought I found what I'm looking for, but I guess it's just UA-camrs youtubing.
Don't worry, it's good to hear the objective, honest truth, but next week I'll show you how to get around all of those five points. There's A LOT of competition, but most of them aren't really good so it's all in the approach!
I'm really interested in UI UX design, i wanna learn and work hard to be , just i'm lost and i need a roadMap, thank you so much for this video at least you're not like other UA-camRS
1:08 im a sr. Product designer. I think this is a huge statement. I guess it really depends on the working environment, team, what you do at work. I would be surrounded by designers who enjoy their crafts .. who don’t think design is boring 😅. I haven’t really done only dragging and dropping in my career.
I'm brutally honest - that way you know I'm not BS'ing people. I actually tell people who are not sure about UX to NOT buy my paid courses or books because it's best to use the money to learn a skill they'll actually want to learn. For all the rest - who want to be great designers - I am here and we're going strong!
Thanks brother I am happy that 2years ago I chose to follow an honest person and the best designer. Unlike others who are misleading people that AI is not dangerous for the designers you came up with the truth. Most of other UA-camrs are giving false hopes to new designers manipulating the facts for more views by creating "feel good" kind of content. I saw it coming a couple of years ago and left designing while I was a beginner but I love design so I kept watching your videos.
There is hope and I had to start with a hard slap to the ego first so it's easier to build up from there! All those 5 points have workarounds, but if someone's not sure whether they want to commit it's actually better if they quit without spending money and time.
Why this video was not availabe 2 years ago? Im tired of looking for a job and NO ONE is asking for an interview... ALL job descriptions are INSANE, tired of finding "5+ or 8+ years of experience", I mean what in the world???? plus, its is more common now employers ask UX/UI Designers to know how to code!!! WHY do I have to know everything????
It would be fun if you could a vid on where all designers going when even us seniors are looking for an exit. I might go back to 3D graphics and focus more on coding/XR, maybe even do talks on AI. Also thinking about becoming a wind turbine technician and just focus creatively on my own ventures, I'm done competing with templates, AI and third world salaries.
@@MalewiczHype I have been freelancing for 16 years mostly focusing on bigger clients. But the big boys these days want you full time and the remote position go to cheaper countries. I feel very fortunate that I am a generalist. My UX customers only come to me now for the really complicated user flows.
Exactly, new year should be all about crushing the dream and building it back up, but better and much stronger. That's why next week I'll share ways around these 5 main issues :)
Well thanks for basically killing my motivation to start .... a less clickbaity approach to this type of video would be to include the reason why to not give up in the same video, not baiting people to watch more videos.
I always do it the same way - every year to weed out those that are not 100% sure they want to do it - it's not for everyone so if a single video killed your motivation then maybe make sure this is even something you want to be doing? All the best!
@@MalewiczHype sick strat dude. Demotivate at the start of the year when people's desire to start something new is still in seed form. Lol I'm not demotivated, just found your video clickbaity and depressing.
It's better to first crush the dreams, get the week hands out of the game and then laser-focus on getting those truly motivated to achieve their dreams. Start of the year is the best moment to "demotivate" as most people buy those stupid gym membership to then quit in 3 weeks. I'm for accountability and no BS. If that's not what you're looking for on UA-cam then there likely is a pretty easy solution to that - just watch other stuff. Have a good day!
@@MalewiczHype I just disagree with your tactic of forcing people to wait for YOUR content another week that has "all the solutions" which is basically acting like a self help guru, creating dependence on you to put their broken dreams back together. It feels manipulative to me. Maybe you've been in the "get views" mindset for too long and can't see this. My suggestion, which you can take or leave obviously, is to include the negatives/demotivation in half the video and the positives/motivation in the other half. Clearly you feel your way is working, and you'll probably just write me off immediately, since I'm a nobody to you. Just my suggestion.
Yeah, screw this, I'm so done with UX - especially if it's projects that equal designing or improving an SaaS system. Design systems are literally the end of us and a lot of companies in the industrial sector are looking for UX/UX/product designers who can build, maintain and further develop a design system - that then the AI will run and the designer will be looking for a new job. I'm considering, as my last hurrah in the design industry, to work as a UX/UI designer in the games industry. I'd rather work overtime for Electronic Arts than drag and drop components from a design system...
As someone working as a product designer, reason 4 is what I am most concerned about. As you say, having a senior designer working with AI on multiple feature looks like the inevitable future state. The work could even be better because there is one person owning the design that makes sure the design is more aligned and cohesive across all features and touchpoints. And even if it’s not better, it will be good enough and a lot cheaper than hiring multiple designers. The best way to be safe in the future is to train to be that designer that works with the AI, so I think it will be important to keep an eye on what (mainly) Figma does with AI and make sure you know how to use it.
I don't think Figma is the main player here - I believe design tools (in a traditional sense) will be skipped and AI will jump to straight to code. And at the moment AI sucks pretty bad at design it's not useful at all - eventually it will be but I am not sure if design is a priority industry to pursue with AI really (there are other, more relevant ones that will go first). We'll see. At some point AI will definitely be able to do the whole design process.
I’m a traditional graphic designer transitioning to UX/UI. I guess the bright side for me is that I can always go back to traditional graphic design. At the end of the day, I’ll always be a designer.
Olds school UX guy here with 20+ yrs in. I work in enterprise UX design and research now because for me that's where the money is. At the management level things are a bit different, but for my newer hires and jr/sr designers, this guy is pretty much spot on.
Thanks! I tried to share my view on the industry based on my talks with others that are also 20-25+ years in and it's shared by about 75% of them, so it's not 100% universal and I'm fine with people disagreeing as long as we're talking :)
I'm in the same boat as you with 20+ year in UX - years ago I made the pivot to enterprise UX and never looked back. Better hours, pay, more interesting problems to solve - but the issues outlined in the video still persist. It's been a ride, that's for sure.
I can not afford to quit this path. I love music...but it has brought me $0. I love stand-up, but most of my life has been music, & it's another financially unreliable art. I am 41, single, & see the financial walls that have imprisoned my options for decades. Regardless of failure & setbacks (I'm the misled 3 years 650 apps guy) under no means can I quit.
That is definitely a motivation that can move mountains! Don't quit but simply pick the right path forward, avoding the fomo and quick hacks and going with the fundamentals from the ground up.
This is the fear I have with a lot of professional careers. The reality is you need to work extremely hard and you're competing with so many others who are putting the same if not more effort than you. Is there even a career where you can actually have a chance of succeeding in without spending years to become knowledgeable at?
Everything you do with your hands is both safe and still needed. Massage therapists, plumbers, electricians are all now raking in huge money. I personally know a plumber that has too much money and has no idea what to do with it. But all those also need years to become good at.
Great time people - I'm in the half of UX-UI paid course - and REALLY needed to change industries from my now job. Great Michał for saying it's all for nothing... 😔
Hey! I hope before paying for a course you watched some videos on how UX really looks like and only after being sure it's what you want to do you want out to buy stuff. If that's the case then you're still on the right track!
@@MalewiczHype I was watching your channel for half year in 2023 before commiting for bootcamp - so I known about UX as much as you shown on you channel. :)
this is so negative and discouraging, but all truths are, reality is often dissapointing... hope next week you can show us the bright side as well sir, we all need that!
I've been in UX/CX for the past 2 years, can definitely agree that for commercial sector this tends to be the case and you're often tweaking as opposed to innovating. But I will say though the industries where there's been a lot of opps for more impact (in my case) have been public sector, healthcare, energy, transport and education. I've found that there's still a lot of work happening in these since their UX maturity isn't as strong as something like e-commerce or banking, and there is more reception towards avoiding dark patterns. Plus having some Service Design skills can help making you a more well-rounded designer :)
I disagree that it’s difficult to find work in UX design. I got certification and landed my first role a month after completing the program. How I did it? I network through my environment and offer my learned skills to help build my portfolio so it does look good for businesses that want to pay for entry level work. If you want to learn UX skills and apply them in the job market, go for it! Maybe that’s your calling. It will be more difficult to land a job if your personality sucks…no matter how good you are at what you do.
@@Moudiremoo I am still learning as I progress in the field. I got my certification from Google UX course online. A little over a year and half to complete course due to other important priorities.
I like how honest you are. I started studying UX/UI 4 months ago, and I also wanna improve my skills by learning some HTML/CSS/JS. It's kinda sad to think that AI can replace us. Tbh, I don't think so. The first to be fired, is the designer. But they are also the ones that the companies might miss sooner. Would be nice if you make a video of 5 reasons to LEARN UX in 2024. I'm working really hard to that, and since it pays well, I really need this job. I can't throw it away rn LOL
That exact video is coming next week (why to become a designer 2024) and I will talk through the same 5 points but with workarounds for each one. However I believe frontend devs may be replaced sooner - AI is surprisingly better at coding than at design.
@@MalewiczHype Exactly, and the low-code or even no-code tools are getting better and better and more accessible to non-technical people. Framer is a good example.
@@MalewiczHype Sir please stop misleading people. I know UX Ui is becoming competitive this days, that doesn't mean it is doomed, design life is boring, there is no creativity, etc. I know you are an experience designer but way you demotivated the aspiring upcoming designers is not good. If you think UX UI is not worth it today, then you first shut down this channel and find a new profession.
I think you used misleading here the wrong way. I'm not misleading anyone, instead I'm actually telling the truth about it so only those that REALLY want to do it will stay and do it. Because there will be no shortcuts, no hacks, no quick fixes - it will require an immense amount of hard work. If you're looking for channels that lie to you saying "all is great, UX is amazing and people will definitely hire you just buy my $500 course or $6000 bootcamp" then there are channels like that - go enjoy those :-)
as a product designer of 2yrs, heavy on the lack of actual creativity and the drag and drop. also making little no no design decisions and design is an afterthought 🎉
sadly yes - but there is a way around it by innovating more in smaller companies - eventually the big ones will try to catch up and it will come back to listening to designers more. But for sure nobody will listen to figma drag & droppers ;)
I work as a ux/ui designer since 5 years ago, and yes haha sometime you are moving the same components BUT it¿s not just moving, in mt case I'm always thinking many ways to solve problems, ux and UI have stages, sometime you will research a lot, and sometime you will work a lot with component, and also this depend on the company's culture and the designer, in my company I have freedom to carry out research (when it is necessary) and some designer has the possibility to make research but the don't want to, I love ux/ui 💚💚
That is great and it's a positive message for the world. However it's sadly not the norm, most companies go the optimisation route so heavy no they do practically zero research.
Can not understand what will happen in the whole world after 5 year, because IT DOES NOT MATTER what I try to learn, because every pro in EVERY SINGLE profession says the same as this guy ! Where now ? What to learn ? What types of job maybe I can earn ?
Trur sir i am working in start up company and they dont even know what they are doing they just say to add many features fir everything they say ok and they say copy others copy others fast and it makes me soo boring ... Now iam think about it
That is the sad reality of most of the design work, but if you're already working at a company you're already ahead of 99% of people starting so keep at it if you still like it!
Freelance is cool! 🐦But it's a tough road... Wishing you all success in 2024! This is the year of the wooden dragon, the perfect year for serious business changes! 😊🐲
This is why I'm glad I'm sticking with Branding and never broke into the UX/UI field because it felt TOO monotonous and BORING AF, not to mention the stress of every single MONOTONOUS detail, no need for creativity whatsoever... if everything is automated then why do they even need many people in a UX/UI team??? They're all gonna be replaced 🤣 I'd rather learn other useful skills like 3D modeling or animation, maybe even illustration since those require an extensive level of creativity which AI simply cannot duplicate!
Confirmed. Designer and leader for 15+ years. One more thing you will do as a designer or design leader: convince your employee that you are needed. Over and over. So essentially they spend money to get convinced money had been spent well.
I've been doing design since 1998 and I think right now is the most transformative time for the industry and it's not really due to AI - mostly business shift towards minimizing the role of design, like a pendulum swinging back from 2009 when everyone suddenly discovered UX.
Yeah, you're right. But honestly, don't get me wrong, I'm not an enemy, your video title is misleading. If these people don't start learning in 2024, it'll be only worse for them cus the industry later on may look way diff than in 2024. I agree with you that there's a lot of people looking for a job, and layoffs don't help these newbies to find their first job. That said, if all these corps fired people mostly in the US it doesn't mean all of those former employes would suddenly start looking for a job where I live and other people who watched this vid live. I can't imagine an American looking for a job in a German, Czech , Hong-Kong, Nigerian company or any other company which native currency isn't USD. What I'm trying to say is these Americans are attached to their region and its salary range. They wouldn't earn the same money if they worked for a company which comes from another country and doesn't have branches in places where a strong (in comparison to their local/native currency) currency is (Switzerland, UK, US, Canada, etc.). AI - it's still early in my opinion, and numerous PRDs which lack details or which even doesn't exist won't allow the AI to create anything. Add to this NDA, I don't think any company which signed a lot of deals which include NDA, e.g. in the financial or health-care industry, would hand over to a 3rd party really private data. Just nope. Maybe if we talk about start-up or companies which are in the red line, they might be interested in this solution. Being a Figma component drag and drop operator. That's the daily bread baby! Anyone who thinks being a designer is doing worldwide things, winning awards each year, and basically it's like living a life of DiCaprio in the The Wolf of Wall Street, lives in an illusion. But wait, I can't count how many times I encountered a case when a design system component just didn't work and it meant I had to think how to improve and extended the DS and not bo break similar experience in other places. That's a hard nut to crack. However, I get that when you work for Google or Facebook, then you don't have this opportunity to handle it yourself and basically you have to hand over such an issue to someone else and wait for an outcome. On the other hand if you work for smaller companies or studio which are contractors then in most cases you might work on things which have to created from the ground up. What does it mean? It means you won't be a Figma operator, but a designer who has to create the UI and UX, and convert it into a design system. In other words you'll be living of a life of a designer who can show off with skills by choosing and setting fonts, colors, corner radius, padding, etc. Cutting costs and looking for cookie cutter solutions? Sounds like my daily bread, but it's my responsibility to provide cheap solutions. I don't care if my design is overwhelming, full of bells, and whistles if it can't be coded easily. That's the difference between real life situations and dribbblism. I've never seen anyone who was stubborn to implement something unscalable, often with a poor UX, with too much redundant things like gradients, elevations, glassmorphism and stuff. There was no business value in it. The only reason I decided to add this lengthy comment is that my friend who started his learning journey watched this vid and was both pissed off and sad, and I see a lot of people who are thanking for this vid, but nobody who decided to talk about it. I'm not looking for an attention, I just want make a kinda correction cus things are not black and white, and have at least 50 shades of gray (ba dum tsss, daddy joke, I know). Cheeers
If you started last year don't worry, it is a headstart already. Two things I'd recommend: 1. Watch the pinned video on my channel with a guide to learning - you may be focusing on things that are a waste of time - should speed it up 2. Sign up for our free daily UI challenge at hype4.academy and do them daily for 3 months - that boosts the skill in an insane way!
I work as a UX Designer for a big tech company, and I can confirm that 100% of what you said is true. I love my job and the company, but I am very concerned about reason number 4. I am pretty sure that Figma will present something related to that at Config this year. This one is hard to solve. I am in a good position just by having 5+ years of experience and working for a big tech company that is very hard to get into, but I am afraid even that won’t be enough. It hurts to say this, but if you are thinking of starting in this area, please think again. There are better opportunities out there.
like what? i studied ux/ui for 7 months and i am starting to understand how hard it is for someone NOW with no solid background to even get an internship. i dont know what to do. I am 31.
i think it is regarding to ux designers who only know ux design and doesnt understand other fields (web dev, seo, marketing) but i constantly see ux designer job ads, so idk how "hard" it is to compete.
You are right. The requirements have sky rocketed but if you are able to work in product and not marketing or B2C commerce, most of these things won't be an issue. A whole other set of boring challenges await you like launching a bare bones MVP that never gets updated.
The market is tough around here. I know of some classmates that graduated a while ago and are still unemployed. I got some website projects out of the blue, not even looking, which is nice 🤩 Your courses are the BEST, btw.
I am so fortunate to attract amazing, motivated people so it's not even surprising that people from our community are doing projects without even looking for them! I bet you're gonna make awesome stuff! :)
Lol won't change my attitude- still gonna do it. We need design more than ever. No dobut it's more challenging nowadays, especially with AI, but for those who really want it, we'll make it work.
That is what I wanted to hear! That level of motivation motivates me to help those who totally KNOW (not just believe) they can do it! I'm here for you all!
Designers (I didn’t say UX Johnny come latelies) are a hockey 🏒 stick business. The 5-10% make all the $ and for decades on end maintain 1-2 solid jobs/clients. Most come for the promise of a high paycheck but few stay employed or get an opportunity. It’s like youtubers, most get scraps and eventually quit.
That is true. Most of life wins happen with proper skill - and with UA-camrs only a small percent do it well ( I still don't). With design it's the same - either you're good enough to book clients for years or you struggle. 90% of jobs are like this.
Look, if the current market deters new people from going into this field, then when it eventually picks up (and it will, just see Jacob Neilsons predictions), then there will be a huge vacancy gap to fill. Keep calm and carry on.
It's a career you gotta roll with the punches or your not gonna make it out with your sanity that's for sure. I had a very respected professor in design school tell me he didn't think he would make it in the real design world. After 15 years in I understand what he was talking about now. But I doubt the grass is greener in most other jobs.
Your narrative seems to be applicable to any IT profession in 2024, from QA to developers. The point is the same. The IT industry is undergoing permanent changes and you can forget about vanilla IT. Competition grows with it, demands grow, salaries fall, and not only designers are fired. It seems that a newcomer and not only will have to make much more effort. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Possibly. I see it a bit with devs too but I don't follow every part of the tech industry. The changes I still believe were started by Elon firing 90% of Twitter workforce and still making it "operate" despite people saying it will fail with so few people. That pushed all other businesses to optimize too.
I want to get the knowledge for my own businesses. I am an entrepreneur. Do you recommend learning or finding people for help? I want to create good ux software. Thank you for your advices.
Definitely first learn a little yourself, then hire people. If you learn at least the basics you'll both hire better people and be able to better spot them doing a good job.
@MalewiczHype always speak nothing but absolute truth which I hardly find from others I know. Wish you all the best for you and what you are doing for us ❤️🙏
I started learning UI/UX Design for about 4-5 months ago. I don't have any design background, or any IT background. I had my degree in commerce and It wasn't a field I wanted to work in. So I wanted to change my career and I came to know about UI UX. And as I started learning about it, I Find it very interesting and now I know that this is exactly the field I want to build my Career in. What is your advice for me and people like me. Do I need to go after a degree in order to become a UX designer or Is it better if I Study my own. Since I'm now 25 years old. If i was to be a self taught designer, where should I start and what are the basics things you suggest that I should learn ?
I have a pinned video on this channel's page that talks about the best paths. I think 99% of the time it's better to self-learn than do a degree as they're often outdated in terms of curriculums.
I think unless you live in a 3rd world country and have WiFi and zero living expenses, don’t be a ux designer. Because your competition has basically zero living expenses. Go blue collar do something in your community.
Not necessarily frontend. What you can start with is what I mention in the second part of this video (and a full guide coming in February) - start doing cheap freelance and free work for non-profits. Build up a portfolio of REAL projects that exists and suddenly it's a lot easier to get hired.
Bro everything I think about doing seems doomed. Wanna be a web designer? It's not worth it anymore. What about being a developer? Don't even bother, AI will replace you soon, there's no time anymore. Came up with the idea of being a designer? There's no place anymore. How can one decide what career path to follow if everything will be soon replaced by AI?
It is not. And AI is not "taking over" most industries - it's actually of lower quality than most people think. I'm releasing a second part of this video on Monday talking about ways around these 5 points.
Everyone is afraid of AI. Should embrace it as it means products will be shipped faster. Like for example when email replaced trad mail. Mail would take days to reach the person, now it takes seconds. Mail is still there just in a different form. Im a dev too and AI is pretty bad at alot of things especially at coding, alot of bugs. Design too i did something in photoshop the other day, used generative AI and it was way off. Look people appreciate convenience and how you make their lives easier so to ship products quicker with the help of AI is a game changer. Plus robots dont pay tax so the governments would have a huge say in the future of AI. AI is trained on data, existing data. Now will it come up with something groundbreaking? Hell no, it will only use algorithms based on existing data to generate whatever, and sometimes its completely detached from reaility as well. Everything we see today was created and designed by us. AI can do it faster but not better. You need pschycology in everything. AI is based on precison. Also with the introduction AR VR will be a game changer for UI/UX. thats my 2cents
The problem with AI is not about "using these tools" now. It's about a perception shift in businesses thinking they can get away of skipping people and going with AI (either now, as some do with hilariously bad results) or in the near future. It's not that "designer using AI" will replace designers who don't use it - eventually everyone sane will use it. It's more about AI replacing the designer completely because current UI design is rooted in drag & dropping entire flows, not real innovation. Thank you for the comment, it gives me perspective on how to talk about some of these things in a more clear way in the future!
Man, I just started my UX UI coaching career - we mainly focus on how to get jobs and how to freelance, rather than learning the design, but after this video, I've got a little disappointed :(
I respect @MalewiczHype as a great designer but I really think a lot of the points in this video chose to be biased toward the difficulties designers are facing right now in 2024 rather than the tremendous possibilities that have been made available also as a result of all these trends. For example, you said AI is replacing frontend developers and I'm yet to see a clear use case for this in a production environment. What I've seen are junior / beginner frontend developers who learned how to take advantage of AI in their development 10x their learning, delivery, and as a result their income. But I'm yet to see a non-technical founder or product manager get rid of all or some of their front-end developers and replace them entirely with AI. If what you mean by 'front-end developer' is a beginner or junior front-end developer that refuses to take advantage of AI in their development, then maybe you might be right in a few cases but to cast a blanket on all front-end developers being replaceable by AI is a massive stretch that I don't see happening even in a decade.
I don't mean they're being replaced right now and I don't even mean AI will "do the coding". What I mean is the overall trend on optimising everything will go the route of LESS people because with AI they can now do more work. So it's not replacing A developer, it's probably just getting 2-3 developers fired and the remaining two taking over their jobs. Companies are so focused on optimising that I believe it will actually come back to bite them in the behind and quite soon too. Also - as a balance I'm finishing a video that shows a positive aspect of these same five things and how to use them to your advantage. We need balance of views and opinions :)
🎉🎉🎉 bravo!!!! You perfectly articulated both my thoughts and tone on the matter. I recently pivoted from UX to Massage Therapy and my mental health has vastly improved. PLUS, I get to use my skills to p'wn all the RMTs that think Framer is a picture hanging company 😈
Dont forget take home assignments and 4 interviews in a row hirign process when competing with 200+ designers for dead end ux job with zero research or seniority to provide guidance or feedback to you. Basically in order to get a job in ux as a junior you have to go through higher level of screening and criteria than a heart surgeon or a nasa astronaut, for a position with so low responsibility that almost anyone could do it just from learning ux for 7 days from youtube. Thats why I dont look for ux job in a tradional ways. It's nonsense. Malewicz is right, beauty is the most important thing you need. I got my first ux/ui job with 0 ux projects in my portfolio, I didnt even knew what design thinking was. I just had 1 branding project, 1 package project, one webdesign and one animation. And i placed everything in one custom website. But it looked fancy like on behance and from there i got my next two ux jobs. Case study and home assignments my arse :D
I took a bachelor in cs after a bachelor in nursing just to be an ux designer. I can't find a job and is currently joining the "business wagon". Doing a master i business instead of waiting forever
I’m a Senior UX Designer at a global company, and I can confirm that what this guy is saying is unfortunately true. I’ve grown frustrated as my role shifted from hands-on research to simply dragging and dropping elements on the screen. The monotony has made me lose interest in design, and I’m now exploring more exciting opportunities, like game development. I wish luck to those pursuing a career in design today.
I worked as a Game Designer and it's even more boring than dragging & dropping! You will end up working on extremely random game assets that will probably be used or noticed by someone or even you!
Game development as a hobby or a new career? Working in the game dev industry to pay your bills is brutal.
@@captnoplan3926 even when working for big studios like rockstar, dice, blizzard?
@@AAABBB-lh9se If you love games and you want get into the industry then yes working for these studios is good for your portfolio. It's just not a very good industry if you care about work life balance and pay.
Other programming jobs pay better. So the alternative route is to get a higher paying programming job that isn't as stressful and pursue game dev as a hobby and then maybe become an indie dev if you want to release your own game.
But do your research. Find game dev forums and ask your questions there.
@@AAABBB-lh9seBlizzard has fallen from grace in recent years. There was a lot of reporting on an outright toxic work environment in recent years.
I've been a designer since 2010. Websites, apps, UX, UI, front-end, back-end... I did them all. Every couple of years I save some money and take a break from the industry thinking this was it. But I always come back to it, because it's what I love doing the most. I'm now running a small UX consultancy company and it does well, the secret is to be a bit multi-disciplinary and be a likeable person... and you'll get projects.
100% true!
Hey can keep me as an intern
Looking to hire an jr ux designer as a free intern? (Looking to build some experience)
Do you prefer being self employed to employed?
I guess one thing is being the owner of a UX design company where you make the deals directly with the clients, and another one working as an employee not knowing when your gig is going to end? Also, if you started out as a web designer working with Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Flash and also doing coding, those skills will get you more gigs than someone who's only trained to work in the UX/UI design field.
Your reasons are valid but they're not enough to deter me from pursuing a career in design 😁
That's the right approach!
I agree
You're in for an uphill battle, but it's ok, I think you have what it takes :)
@@LightsaberPanda why
@@saulescala literally watch the video bro what do you mean why 😂
I have worked in many large companies that have their own big IT projects and entire product ecosystems, and finding a good UI and UX specialist with a understanding of business is very difficult. Yes, things have been simplified for creating simple business websites, and today it is easy to use ready-made templates, but when it comes to unique and complex service startups, not a single AI is capable of designing, testing, and creating the necessary design properly. The truth is that today, to be a designer, it really requires a huge understanding of everything, from management to interacting with AI.
He said next week he'll do this video
There are two main problems I think - one is businesses are going towards efficiency at the cost of most of the experience (subpar products are done because its cheaper) and on the other hand most people "teaching" design teach flashy figma animations and not actual, useful skills because it gets more likes.
There are ways out of it and I'm lucky to have my community do better than the industry average :)
Thanks for the confidence drop. Always appreciated 😅❤
Don't worry! My main goal with this is to set a baseline - if someone's not sure whether design is for them they should probably quit. Most people here are 100% sure and committed and they will thrive.
Next week I'll discuss the same 5 points again with how to go around them and still win :)
@@MalewiczHype Love your honesty, though! I did suspect most of these points, but getting confirmation from an expert always hits different. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us and help us be prepared, you're the best ❤️
yes this job is pretty boring and repetitive, what the author said are mostly true. don't be fooled by all those ig and youtube tutorial videos out there teaching ppl how to make fancy animations and design. they are just not realistic (yet). maybe eventually we will have software that converts fancy animations into usable codes. But until then, ui/ux is mostly just a bullshit job like any another. don't be fooled by bootcamp advertisments that try to sell u stupid courses that people slapped together in a week.😅😅😅
agreed! we need to and act like designers rather than just drag and drop components as said. He has pointed out facts to us, now whoever wants to learn ui/ux in 2024 work hard and smart.
Exactly! With that attitude I'm seeing a good future for you! :)
Thanks for watching - If we get 1000 likes I will release a FREE mini course on UA-cam! As always appreciate all your thoughts in the comments. If you're afraid of any specific part the most let me know - I'll try to cover it more in future videos.
My goal is to help you succeed - and sometimes being brutally honest is needed to set the proper baseline for growth!
Nowadays, sincerity, spirituality and a good heart is probably the biggest currency on the Internet ... Thanks Michal!
Your predictions are wrong about ai, no one can even grasp what its going to be, same with you and me so please at least stop negative narrative about it as it will only harm your wellbeing. Everything else are pretty solid reasons and agree. No one should be forced to do deceptive experiences, we should erase that behavior that is fueled by greed. Also, money is back at East now, sit and enjoy watching how collective cultures do things that are excluding no one. Maybe you'll join the ride.
With AI I'm not talking about pure capability (as it's pretty low right now) - I'm talking about businesses choosing the paths of least resistance and using AI for everything despite the low quality - because it's faster and cheaper.
It's simply aiming down instead of up and I do hope this trend will reverse.
@@MalewiczHype Low quality will backfire, and companies going for high quality will surpass them, so there is no way this is sustainable
I get where you're coming from being it tough love and all. I know this video can come off quite polarizing to many newbies coming into to UX, it makes me wonder if this industry will stand the test of time in the next few years with AI, we may end up just switching to manual labor jobs until they make AI androids lol and then we're all screwed.
I think you’re right in this. I started out as a front end developer wanting to be more UX (12 years ago). I succeeded and did some coding but more and more UX - solving big complex problems for intricate systems and apps, it’s been fun, I was even early on this AI era at a company. Then mass layoffs and I’m “out”. Been trying to get “back in” but it’s been a strange journey since fall 2023. Weird interview processes and ghosting companies etc.
I’ve grown tired of this climate and an over saturated market of “UX:ers”. My plan now is to go back to coding, even something else than UI. Admittedly I’ve refreshed my React and Typescript skills but now also taking Python courses… I really like designing but even more so understanding and solving problems.
Even thinking of converting into cybersecurity (yeah I know, it’s trendy but I’ve always liked security for some reason, solving problems is key).
I appreciate your efforts to bring what actually happening in design, unlike most of other content creators AKA UIUX designers.
Thank you! Most people ONLY want to sell their PDF's to people so they pretend it's all candy and confetti. I prefer people to not buy my stuff if they realise UX is actually not for them.
And for everyone else I'm here to help!
Truth hurts, but someone has to say it.
Everything is evolution. Ai is coming. New tools come. But none of this replaces us as designers. If it is so UI/UX and many creative jobs already should gone by now. But now...Industry is changing and we need to adapt to new changes. When everybody using photoshop to design ..Then Canva comes offer as a template ready mate..But Photoshop never been replaced...so are designers.... There is many website builder without code comes before...but still programmer are needed in the market now. Stop the predict the future..Instead do the job because you want it...because you love. Become an expert of it...Because there is someone always need that expertise from you....
Thanks for being truthful..... You're really a good man. You'll prosper in life for simply being honest.
My goal is to never lie or mislead people - it is going to be harder now. Which means those not fully committed should probably quit without wasting time and money. However I have a whole video getting ready with how to go around these five reasons - planned for next week.
hey you, yes you stop scrolling. i know you want to get out the rat race so you thought about being an ux/ui designer. in order to validate your choice you decide to look for videos for approval. at first you were happy then you saw this video telling why not be a ux. Now your paralyzed and worry until a weeks later he tell you why you should be a ux design. its not his fault his just playing the game. in order for him to keep getting view he you need you to not make decision and constantly consume content . now if i were you, don't do a job that is safe rather become marketable in something you love/passion and go through the good and bad.
Doing stuff you actually enjoy doing is my main message - that's why I tell everyone before they jump into ux to watch a couple of free videos on the actual processes (I have a few playlists on that) and see if it's even for you.
Honesty is better than pretending it's all sunshine and candy.
which is good, it great you are telling people both the good and bad, as said before it's not your fault you're just playing the system. you're doing what needs to be done to maintain your views regardless if it's out of altruism. the problem lies in how the system or algorithm makes the viewer paralyzed with choice, unable to make a decision FOMO.
being in that position before, it is a type of hell, (similar to tutorial hell) my advice is that people who are doing it for security/freedom won't last. you wasting your time scrolling because you always hear the good and bad and now you are stuck. the only way to break it is to do something you passion about not what is safe.
@@MalewiczHype
Glad I found this video before buying all this guy's courses. Gonna go find a different career.
Good! I'm transparent like that. No sense to buy courses if the field is not for you. I did make a counter video to this one for balance though :)
@@MalewiczHypeHaha I was just having a laugh at the clickbaity title. I appreciate the transparency and the content you create.
I’ll continue my UX job until AI replaces me 🤷♀️ it’s boring but it pays really well
You can also find ways to pivot out of it - design skills aren't just what's typical to UX - it's general problem solving through creating new processes. Best designers will make new jobs for themselves :)
Yes, most jobs are boring and pay shit lol
I've been a designer since 1996 and yes, I was mostly a drag and dropper. If someone thinks he's cool as a UX Designer, he's an idiot, cooler and more original than he is a barber. I made a lot of money, but now it's over. AI destroys everything. I am looking for a new opportunity to survive. With this job, you won't earn a lot of money and you have huge competition. After 38 years, you can look for another job for that you will be surpassed.
AI is not destroying design as an industry. It's just making lazy/bad people think they're good enough but it's quickly verified. It's nowhere close to actually replacing a design problem solving. Maybe with AGI but that also has a lot of potential issues.
Great insights, thanks for sharing! For everybody reading the comments remember that there is always need for good UX in enterprise level softwares, what is mentioned in the video is mostly true but depends on the industry and type of projects you specialize in, if all you do are landing pages or 5 pages website then yes a UI Kit does the trick and there is not such a need for an expensive designer.
Let me do a prediction for designers in the next years:
UX Design won't be the same like today but it can't be removed
I think the current situation is mainly happening, because we got lazy the past years. Back in time before flat design you needed to have much more understanding to craft components since they where not flat. You had to put more effort into creating something outstanding. But the last couple of years where flat design made it, everyone (even non designers) were able to create simple designs and even with mordern technologys everyone is able to change that design into a real webdesign project. The second thing is the fact that companys all over the world save broken theirselfs by ditching bigger researches and more complex designs going into a direction which leads to using more automated and easier to maintenance tools like net promoter scores for example. And yes even ai will get better and provide even more possabilitys to kick some progresses we have to do as ux designers.
But should you stop learning UX design nowadays or beeing scared to get kicked out? Definetely not. There is a change happening right now and what youre doing today as a UX Designer won't be what your'e doing in the future. We need to see what companys will need from us in future.
So from the design part: Since 2024 we are jumping out from the flat design train back to more complicated components which are aiming for more uniqueness, there is a change already happening, so from today all the various tools and possabilitys may wont be used in the future since we are aiming for more stunning and unique components. Same goes for companys. They may want to work cost effective but there are always the big players who start changing directions and tell what's the new way. No company will stay at the same level they are today. And also AI never will be that creative to completely removes our skills.
And from the technical part: Every year in tech niche is providing new chances, new tools, new software, new technology and new mindblowing possibilitys. So in development when Chatgpt was launched, every developer was scared about their jobs to get replaced. Now in 2024 we can say even if AI is getting better it will assist developers and do boilerplate for us so that we can focus on the real interesting parts in development. It kicks out old tasks and brings in new opportunitys.
Mayber in the next years it wont be called "Developer" rather than something like "Code Engineer" and AI like chatgpt will be our tool to do our daily busines. And the exact same thing will happen for UX Design. it will be called different in future maybe and there will be a different frame we get used to, but its definetely not wrong to learn the principles and ask yourself what the pain points are from today and how this future frame will look like.
I love your point about flat designs....I am a commercial illustrator for the last 17 years. Trends come and go....we create new labels for slightly altered jobs....we keep learning and creating and hell, if Ai makes it so we dont havento work so hard i am for it!
Well said! 🎯
Really appreciate the honesty in this video because its all true. Started UX last year so I guess I have a lot of catch-up to do, although I've been a graphic designer for 3+ years.. I'm putting in effort every day to stay ahead. I'll be on the look out for the 5 reasons to do learn UX
If you have graphics design experience it's already putting you ahead.
Thanks man, was just about to spend lots of time and money on that. After a month of networking and planning, I am reconsidering thanks to your vid. I thought I found what I'm looking for, but I guess it's just UA-camrs youtubing.
That made me sad i just start finding work on it 😢
Don't worry, it's good to hear the objective, honest truth, but next week I'll show you how to get around all of those five points.
There's A LOT of competition, but most of them aren't really good so it's all in the approach!
@@MalewiczHype ty i really hope to see small light on this field at least
It's all in how motivated you are. The world needs designers, just not as many so only the ones that truly WANT it will get it.
Go for it!
Ok, "Not creative", what's the alternative? Making UA-cam videos that tell you not to do something?
Yes, exactly. That part is super easy.
At the end of the day, you are also a designer and content creator with some experience. So the reality is fine.😁
Starting from nothing and in my 40s. Im doomed. But it was a dream of mine to be a designer and just fulfilling that is enough for me.
You're not doomed - watch the second video (green one) - I talked about it this way to provide balance :)
I'm really interested in UI UX design, i wanna learn and work hard to be , just i'm lost and i need a roadMap, thank you so much for this video at least you're not like other UA-camRS
Soo wich proffesion including design around graphic aspect is worth toi start learn?
Im less than 2 month from finishing a certificate program, thinking about doing Cyber security now😂😂😂. Cant win in this country for shit.
1:08 im a sr. Product designer. I think this is a huge statement. I guess it really depends on the working environment, team, what you do at work. I would be surrounded by designers who enjoy their crafts .. who don’t think design is boring 😅. I haven’t really done only dragging and dropping in my career.
This one hit harder than my ex breakup speech
I'm brutally honest - that way you know I'm not BS'ing people. I actually tell people who are not sure about UX to NOT buy my paid courses or books because it's best to use the money to learn a skill they'll actually want to learn.
For all the rest - who want to be great designers - I am here and we're going strong!
Thanks brother
I am happy that 2years ago I chose to follow an honest person and the best designer. Unlike others who are misleading people that AI is not dangerous for the designers you came up with the truth. Most of other UA-camrs are giving false hopes to new designers manipulating the facts for more views by creating "feel good" kind of content. I saw it coming a couple of years ago and left designing while I was a beginner but I love design so I kept watching your videos.
A very cold splash of reality. Painfully true, but is there any hope? Stay tuned! Thanks
There is hope and I had to start with a hard slap to the ego first so it's easier to build up from there! All those 5 points have workarounds, but if someone's not sure whether they want to commit it's actually better if they quit without spending money and time.
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Why this video was not availabe 2 years ago? Im tired of looking for a job and NO ONE is asking for an interview... ALL job descriptions are INSANE, tired of finding "5+ or 8+ years of experience", I mean what in the world???? plus, its is more common now employers ask UX/UI Designers to know how to code!!! WHY do I have to know everything????
Bro gave us Anxiety until the next week 😭
It's a hard reset - to factory settings - and from that hard slap we can now build super-designers! :)
true bro..i just started this month lol
It would be fun if you could a vid on where all designers going when even us seniors are looking for an exit. I might go back to 3D graphics and focus more on coding/XR, maybe even do talks on AI. Also thinking about becoming a wind turbine technician and just focus creatively on my own ventures, I'm done competing with templates, AI and third world salaries.
I see a lot of people doing great freelance work and earning more than they did in corporations.
@@MalewiczHype I have been freelancing for 16 years mostly focusing on bigger clients. But the big boys these days want you full time and the remote position go to cheaper countries. I feel very fortunate that I am a generalist. My UX customers only come to me now for the really complicated user flows.
Brutally honest as usual, but it's good to stay on the ground and work your ass off rather than lying to yourself.
Exactly, new year should be all about crushing the dream and building it back up, but better and much stronger. That's why next week I'll share ways around these 5 main issues :)
Well thanks for basically killing my motivation to start .... a less clickbaity approach to this type of video would be to include the reason why to not give up in the same video, not baiting people to watch more videos.
I always do it the same way - every year to weed out those that are not 100% sure they want to do it - it's not for everyone so if a single video killed your motivation then maybe make sure this is even something you want to be doing? All the best!
@@MalewiczHype sick strat dude. Demotivate at the start of the year when people's desire to start something new is still in seed form.
Lol I'm not demotivated, just found your video clickbaity and depressing.
It's better to first crush the dreams, get the week hands out of the game and then laser-focus on getting those truly motivated to achieve their dreams.
Start of the year is the best moment to "demotivate" as most people buy those stupid gym membership to then quit in 3 weeks.
I'm for accountability and no BS. If that's not what you're looking for on UA-cam then there likely is a pretty easy solution to that - just watch other stuff.
Have a good day!
@@MalewiczHype I just disagree with your tactic of forcing people to wait for YOUR content another week that has "all the solutions" which is basically acting like a self help guru, creating dependence on you to put their broken dreams back together. It feels manipulative to me. Maybe you've been in the "get views" mindset for too long and can't see this.
My suggestion, which you can take or leave obviously, is to include the negatives/demotivation in half the video and the positives/motivation in the other half.
Clearly you feel your way is working, and you'll probably just write me off immediately, since I'm a nobody to you. Just my suggestion.
Yeah, screw this, I'm so done with UX - especially if it's projects that equal designing or improving an SaaS system. Design systems are literally the end of us and a lot of companies in the industrial sector are looking for UX/UX/product designers who can build, maintain and further develop a design system - that then the AI will run and the designer will be looking for a new job.
I'm considering, as my last hurrah in the design industry, to work as a UX/UI designer in the games industry. I'd rather work overtime for Electronic Arts than drag and drop components from a design system...
It may not come to that (drag & drop part) if enough of us try designing in another way.
As someone working as a product designer, reason 4 is what I am most concerned about. As you say, having a senior designer working with AI on multiple feature looks like the inevitable future state. The work could even be better because there is one person owning the design that makes sure the design is more aligned and cohesive across all features and touchpoints.
And even if it’s not better, it will be good enough and a lot cheaper than hiring multiple designers. The best way to be safe in the future is to train to be that designer that works with the AI, so I think it will be important to keep an eye on what (mainly) Figma does with AI and make sure you know how to use it.
I don't think Figma is the main player here - I believe design tools (in a traditional sense) will be skipped and AI will jump to straight to code. And at the moment AI sucks pretty bad at design it's not useful at all - eventually it will be but I am not sure if design is a priority industry to pursue with AI really (there are other, more relevant ones that will go first). We'll see. At some point AI will definitely be able to do the whole design process.
Every fucking job I wanted is going to be replaced by AI, I'm ready to do as a fun career cr1m3 at this point
Not really - I made a second video to show an opposite view on this
Above all, the whole company thinks they are designers too because they can get their head around! --- Nailed it mate.
Honest video! But I disagree that design is boring. Its never boring unless you make it one.
I’m a traditional graphic designer transitioning to UX/UI. I guess the bright side for me is that I can always go back to traditional graphic design. At the end of the day, I’ll always be a designer.
Olds school UX guy here with 20+ yrs in. I work in enterprise UX design and research now because for me that's where the money is. At the management level things are a bit different, but for my newer hires and jr/sr designers, this guy is pretty much spot on.
Thanks! I tried to share my view on the industry based on my talks with others that are also 20-25+ years in and it's shared by about 75% of them, so it's not 100% universal and I'm fine with people disagreeing as long as we're talking :)
I'm in the same boat as you with 20+ year in UX - years ago I made the pivot to enterprise UX and never looked back. Better hours, pay, more interesting problems to solve - but the issues outlined in the video still persist. It's been a ride, that's for sure.
What about someone who's a Content Designer moving into Product?
The more general skills you have the better - if you have a couple that are connected and have a portfolio to prove it you're good.
I can not afford to quit this path. I love music...but it has brought me $0. I love stand-up, but most of my life has been music, & it's another financially unreliable art. I am 41, single, & see the financial walls that have imprisoned my options for decades. Regardless of failure & setbacks (I'm the misled 3 years 650 apps guy) under no means can I quit.
That is definitely a motivation that can move mountains! Don't quit but simply pick the right path forward, avoding the fomo and quick hacks and going with the fundamentals from the ground up.
This is the fear I have with a lot of professional careers. The reality is you need to work extremely hard and you're competing with so many others who are putting the same if not more effort than you. Is there even a career where you can actually have a chance of succeeding in without spending years to become knowledgeable at?
Everything you do with your hands is both safe and still needed. Massage therapists, plumbers, electricians are all now raking in huge money. I personally know a plumber that has too much money and has no idea what to do with it.
But all those also need years to become good at.
Great time people - I'm in the half of UX-UI paid course - and REALLY needed to change industries from my now job. Great Michał for saying it's all for nothing... 😔
Hey! I hope before paying for a course you watched some videos on how UX really looks like and only after being sure it's what you want to do you want out to buy stuff.
If that's the case then you're still on the right track!
@@MalewiczHype I was watching your channel for half year in 2023 before commiting for bootcamp - so I known about UX as much as you shown on you channel. :)
design is boring for those who do not bring creativity in design ....
so for almost everyone 😂
this is so negative and discouraging, but all truths are, reality is often dissapointing... hope next week you can show us the bright side as well sir, we all need that!
Yes, this is to set the stage for positive thought but it has to be rooted in reality!
I've been in UX/CX for the past 2 years, can definitely agree that for commercial sector this tends to be the case and you're often tweaking as opposed to innovating. But I will say though the industries where there's been a lot of opps for more impact (in my case) have been public sector, healthcare, energy, transport and education. I've found that there's still a lot of work happening in these since their UX maturity isn't as strong as something like e-commerce or banking, and there is more reception towards avoiding dark patterns. Plus having some Service Design skills can help making you a more well-rounded designer :)
I disagree that it’s difficult to find work in UX design. I got certification and landed my first role a month after completing the program. How I did it? I network through my environment and offer my learned skills to help build my portfolio so it does look good for businesses that want to pay for entry level work.
If you want to learn UX skills and apply them in the job market, go for it! Maybe that’s your calling. It will be more difficult to land a job if your personality sucks…no matter how good you are at what you do.
How long took for you to learn?
@@Moudiremoo I am still learning as I progress in the field. I got my certification from Google UX course online. A little over a year and half to complete course due to other important priorities.
I like how honest you are. I started studying UX/UI 4 months ago, and I also wanna improve my skills by learning some HTML/CSS/JS. It's kinda sad to think that AI can replace us. Tbh, I don't think so. The first to be fired, is the designer. But they are also the ones that the companies might miss sooner. Would be nice if you make a video of 5 reasons to LEARN UX in 2024. I'm working really hard to that, and since it pays well, I really need this job. I can't throw it away rn LOL
That exact video is coming next week (why to become a designer 2024) and I will talk through the same 5 points but with workarounds for each one.
However I believe frontend devs may be replaced sooner - AI is surprisingly better at coding than at design.
@@MalewiczHype That's great to hear! Tsym, I appreciate your efforts!
@@MalewiczHype Exactly, and the low-code or even no-code tools are getting better and better and more accessible to non-technical people. Framer is a good example.
@@MalewiczHype Sir please stop misleading people. I know UX Ui is becoming competitive this days, that doesn't mean it is doomed, design life is boring, there is no creativity, etc. I know you are an experience designer but way you demotivated the aspiring upcoming designers is not good. If you think UX UI is not worth it today, then you first shut down this channel and find a new profession.
I think you used misleading here the wrong way. I'm not misleading anyone, instead I'm actually telling the truth about it so only those that REALLY want to do it will stay and do it. Because there will be no shortcuts, no hacks, no quick fixes - it will require an immense amount of hard work.
If you're looking for channels that lie to you saying "all is great, UX is amazing and people will definitely hire you just buy my $500 course or $6000 bootcamp" then there are channels like that - go enjoy those :-)
study AR / VR UX or move to designing products in meat space (real life)
Is that more computer science oriented?
Bad implementation is so true. Big reason why I’m soft pivoting to design & front end, my vision is never represented 😤
as a product designer of 2yrs, heavy on the lack of actual creativity and the drag and drop. also making little no no design decisions and design is an afterthought 🎉
sadly yes - but there is a way around it by innovating more in smaller companies - eventually the big ones will try to catch up and it will come back to listening to designers more.
But for sure nobody will listen to figma drag & droppers ;)
I work as a ux/ui designer since 5 years ago, and yes haha sometime you are moving the same components BUT it¿s not just moving, in mt case I'm always thinking many ways to solve problems, ux and UI have stages, sometime you will research a lot, and sometime you will work a lot with component, and also this depend on the company's culture and the designer, in my company I have freedom to carry out research (when it is necessary) and some designer has the possibility to make research but the don't want to, I love ux/ui 💚💚
That is great and it's a positive message for the world. However it's sadly not the norm, most companies go the optimisation route so heavy no they do practically zero research.
I love design so I will never give up 😅
That IS the right attitude! If you love it you'll have enough energy to grind and be awesome!
haha great and true video!!!
Can not understand what will happen in the whole world after 5 year, because IT DOES NOT MATTER what I try to learn, because every pro in EVERY SINGLE profession says the same as this guy !
Where now ? What to learn ? What types of job maybe I can earn ?
Trur sir i am working in start up company and they dont even know what they are doing they just say to add many features fir everything they say ok and they say copy others copy others fast and it makes me soo boring ... Now iam think about it
That is the sad reality of most of the design work, but if you're already working at a company you're already ahead of 99% of people starting so keep at it if you still like it!
Freelance is cool! 🐦But it's a tough road... Wishing you all success in 2024! This is the year of the wooden dragon, the perfect year for serious business changes! 😊🐲
Exactly! And you're a great example of creating opportunities for yourself - people like this always eventually win!
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This is why I'm glad I'm sticking with Branding and never broke into the UX/UI field because it felt TOO monotonous and BORING AF, not to mention the stress of every single MONOTONOUS detail, no need for creativity whatsoever... if everything is automated then why do they even need many people in a UX/UI team??? They're all gonna be replaced 🤣 I'd rather learn other useful skills like 3D modeling or animation, maybe even illustration since those require an extensive level of creativity which AI simply cannot duplicate!
Nah. They aren't employing your seniors for that entry level role. Overqualified triumphs again.
Confirmed. Designer and leader for 15+ years. One more thing you will do as a designer or design leader: convince your employee that you are needed. Over and over. So essentially they spend money to get convinced money had been spent well.
Kinda exaggerated but there's a grain of truth - a designer here with 8 yrs' experience in the industry.
I've been doing design since 1998 and I think right now is the most transformative time for the industry and it's not really due to AI - mostly business shift towards minimizing the role of design, like a pendulum swinging back from 2009 when everyone suddenly discovered UX.
Yeah, you're right. But honestly, don't get me wrong, I'm not an enemy, your video title is misleading. If these people don't start learning in 2024, it'll be only worse for them cus the industry later on may look way diff than in 2024.
I agree with you that there's a lot of people looking for a job, and layoffs don't help these newbies to find their first job. That said, if all these corps fired people mostly in the US it doesn't mean all of those former employes would suddenly start looking for a job where I live and other people who watched this vid live. I can't imagine an American looking for a job in a German, Czech , Hong-Kong, Nigerian company or any other company which native currency isn't USD. What I'm trying to say is these Americans are attached to their region and its salary range. They wouldn't earn the same money if they worked for a company which comes from another country and doesn't have branches in places where a strong (in comparison to their local/native currency) currency is (Switzerland, UK, US, Canada, etc.).
AI - it's still early in my opinion, and numerous PRDs which lack details or which even doesn't exist won't allow the AI to create anything. Add to this NDA, I don't think any company which signed a lot of deals which include NDA, e.g. in the financial or health-care industry, would hand over to a 3rd party really private data. Just nope.
Maybe if we talk about start-up or companies which are in the red line, they might be interested in this solution.
Being a Figma component drag and drop operator. That's the daily bread baby! Anyone who thinks being a designer is doing worldwide things, winning awards each year, and basically it's like living a life of DiCaprio in the The Wolf of Wall Street, lives in an illusion. But wait, I can't count how many times I encountered a case when a design system component just didn't work and it meant I had to think how to improve and extended the DS and not bo break similar experience in other places. That's a hard nut to crack. However, I get that when you work for Google or Facebook, then you don't have this opportunity to handle it yourself and basically you have to hand over such an issue to someone else and wait for an outcome.
On the other hand if you work for smaller companies or studio which are contractors then in most cases you might work on things which have to created from the ground up. What does it mean? It means you won't be a Figma operator, but a designer who has to create the UI and UX, and convert it into a design system. In other words you'll be living of a life of a designer who can show off with skills by choosing and setting fonts, colors, corner radius, padding, etc.
Cutting costs and looking for cookie cutter solutions? Sounds like my daily bread, but it's my responsibility to provide cheap solutions. I don't care if my design is overwhelming, full of bells, and whistles if it can't be coded easily. That's the difference between real life situations and dribbblism. I've never seen anyone who was stubborn to implement something unscalable, often with a poor UX, with too much redundant things like gradients, elevations, glassmorphism and stuff. There was no business value in it.
The only reason I decided to add this lengthy comment is that my friend who started his learning journey watched this vid and was both pissed off and sad, and I see a lot of people who are thanking for this vid, but nobody who decided to talk about it. I'm not looking for an attention, I just want make a kinda correction cus things are not black and white, and have at least 50 shades of gray (ba dum tsss, daddy joke, I know).
Cheeers
I've started last year to learn UX/UI design 😭. What can I do now??
If you started last year don't worry, it is a headstart already. Two things I'd recommend:
1. Watch the pinned video on my channel with a guide to learning - you may be focusing on things that are a waste of time - should speed it up
2. Sign up for our free daily UI challenge at hype4.academy and do them daily for 3 months - that boosts the skill in an insane way!
I work as a UX Designer for a big tech company, and I can confirm that 100% of what you said is true. I love my job and the company, but I am very concerned about reason number 4. I am pretty sure that Figma will present something related to that at Config this year. This one is hard to solve. I am in a good position just by having 5+ years of experience and working for a big tech company that is very hard to get into, but I am afraid even that won’t be enough. It hurts to say this, but if you are thinking of starting in this area, please think again. There are better opportunities out there.
You are saying better opportunities can you please list some of them as I was thinking of doing ux
Please drop a list of better opportunities
like what? i studied ux/ui for 7 months and i am starting to understand how hard it is for someone NOW with no solid background to even get an internship. i dont know what to do. I am 31.
Fuck sake i just got into my dream uni with a design course majoring in this... while also double majoring in like game design
i think it is regarding to ux designers who only know ux design and doesnt understand other fields (web dev, seo, marketing) but i constantly see ux designer job ads, so idk how "hard" it is to compete.
Sadly but really true, I'm a designer and ux ui for over 17 years and became very frustrated with this profession 😢
You are right. The requirements have sky rocketed but if you are able to work in product and not marketing or B2C commerce, most of these things won't be an issue. A whole other set of boring challenges await you like launching a bare bones MVP that never gets updated.
damn thats depressing
There is a part 2 already that takes a more positive look on the same 5 points. Linked it in the description. We need both views for balance.
Great! And is there any solution? Or just get used with the facts what you say in the video.
The market is tough around here. I know of some classmates that graduated a while ago and are still unemployed. I got some website projects out of the blue, not even looking, which is nice 🤩
Your courses are the BEST, btw.
I am so fortunate to attract amazing, motivated people so it's not even surprising that people from our community are doing projects without even looking for them!
I bet you're gonna make awesome stuff! :)
All the best Rosa 💖
Lol won't change my attitude- still gonna do it. We need design more than ever. No dobut it's more challenging nowadays, especially with AI, but for those who really want it, we'll make it work.
That is what I wanted to hear! That level of motivation motivates me to help those who totally KNOW (not just believe) they can do it! I'm here for you all!
Designers (I didn’t say UX Johnny come latelies) are a hockey 🏒 stick business. The 5-10% make all the $ and for decades on end maintain 1-2 solid jobs/clients. Most come for the promise of a high paycheck but few stay employed or get an opportunity. It’s like youtubers, most get scraps and eventually quit.
That is true. Most of life wins happen with proper skill - and with UA-camrs only a small percent do it well ( I still don't). With design it's the same - either you're good enough to book clients for years or you struggle. 90% of jobs are like this.
I will not sleep tonight after this video haha but I appreciate the honesty. We need urgently another video about what hard work to do this 2024
Working on it right now, should drop around Tuesday :)
Look, if the current market deters new people from going into this field, then when it eventually picks up (and it will, just see Jacob Neilsons predictions), then there will be a huge vacancy gap to fill. Keep calm and carry on.
Yes. That's why I made two videos to show "both sides" of this.
It's a career you gotta roll with the punches or your not gonna make it out with your sanity that's for sure. I had a very respected professor in design school tell me he didn't think he would make it in the real design world. After 15 years in I understand what he was talking about now. But I doubt the grass is greener in most other jobs.
Your narrative seems to be applicable to any IT profession in 2024, from QA to developers. The point is the same. The IT industry is undergoing permanent changes and you can forget about vanilla IT. Competition grows with it, demands grow, salaries fall, and not only designers are fired. It seems that a newcomer and not only will have to make much more effort. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Possibly. I see it a bit with devs too but I don't follow every part of the tech industry. The changes I still believe were started by Elon firing 90% of Twitter workforce and still making it "operate" despite people saying it will fail with so few people. That pushed all other businesses to optimize too.
Great video, Michal.
Thanks! Already working on the balanced "other side" view
I want to get the knowledge for my own businesses. I am an entrepreneur. Do you recommend learning or finding people for help? I want to create good ux software. Thank you for your advices.
Definitely first learn a little yourself, then hire people. If you learn at least the basics you'll both hire better people and be able to better spot them doing a good job.
Why i watched this video :)
I'm so really want to study this field but can you advise me to study
although hearing all this , i still wanna proceed with design but i appreciate the honesty !
That's why I'm here and if you still want to proceed it means you're doing the right thing!
@MalewiczHype always speak nothing but absolute truth which I hardly find from others I know. Wish you all the best for you and what you are doing for us ❤️🙏
Thank you! I'm here to see everyone from the community to succeed! :)
Thanks Michal for sharing insight you are showing for us ❤️
I started learning UI/UX Design for about 4-5 months ago. I don't have any design background, or any IT background. I had my degree in commerce and It wasn't a field I wanted to work in. So I wanted to change my career and I came to know about UI UX. And as I started learning about it, I Find it very interesting and now I know that this is exactly the field I want to build my Career in. What is your advice for me and people like me. Do I need to go after a degree in order to become a UX designer or Is it better if I Study my own. Since I'm now 25 years old. If i was to be a self taught designer, where should I start and what are the basics things you suggest that I should learn ?
I have a pinned video on this channel's page that talks about the best paths. I think 99% of the time it's better to self-learn than do a degree as they're often outdated in terms of curriculums.
Switch you career. I am a senior level and people like me are only consider the one with degrees and senior level
@@dingalan8745 you mean should we stop learning ui ux design?
I think unless you live in a 3rd world country and have WiFi and zero living expenses, don’t be a ux designer. Because your competition has basically zero living expenses. Go blue collar do something in your community.
Well that was depressing
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You literally just described every tech and design industry.
so I guess not worth the change as a graphic designer with 5 years of experience
I think you are (JUST) a contnet creator too! 😂
Well...i will have to learn ftont end then. 3rd year, 3rd bootcamp and still not even 1 interview.
Not necessarily frontend. What you can start with is what I mention in the second part of this video (and a full guide coming in February) - start doing cheap freelance and free work for non-profits.
Build up a portfolio of REAL projects that exists and suddenly it's a lot easier to get hired.
Bro everything I think about doing seems doomed. Wanna be a web designer? It's not worth it anymore. What about being a developer? Don't even bother, AI will replace you soon, there's no time anymore. Came up with the idea of being a designer? There's no place anymore. How can one decide what career path to follow if everything will be soon replaced by AI?
It is not. And AI is not "taking over" most industries - it's actually of lower quality than most people think. I'm releasing a second part of this video on Monday talking about ways around these 5 points.
Everyone is afraid of AI. Should embrace it as it means products will be shipped faster. Like for example when email replaced trad mail. Mail would take days to reach the person, now it takes seconds. Mail is still there just in a different form. Im a dev too and AI is pretty bad at alot of things especially at coding, alot of bugs. Design too i did something in photoshop the other day, used generative AI and it was way off. Look people appreciate convenience and how you make their lives easier so to ship products quicker with the help of AI is a game changer. Plus robots dont pay tax so the governments would have a huge say in the future of AI.
AI is trained on data, existing data. Now will it come up with something groundbreaking? Hell no, it will only use algorithms based on existing data to generate whatever, and sometimes its completely detached from reaility as well. Everything we see today was created and designed by us. AI can do it faster but not better. You need pschycology in everything. AI is based on precison.
Also with the introduction AR VR will be a game changer for UI/UX.
thats my 2cents
The problem with AI is not about "using these tools" now. It's about a perception shift in businesses thinking they can get away of skipping people and going with AI (either now, as some do with hilariously bad results) or in the near future.
It's not that "designer using AI" will replace designers who don't use it - eventually everyone sane will use it. It's more about AI replacing the designer completely because current UI design is rooted in drag & dropping entire flows, not real innovation.
Thank you for the comment, it gives me perspective on how to talk about some of these things in a more clear way in the future!
Man, I just started my UX UI coaching career - we mainly focus on how to get jobs and how to freelance, rather than learning the design, but after this video, I've got a little disappointed :(
watch part 2 then 🫡
I respect @MalewiczHype as a great designer but I really think a lot of the points in this video chose to be biased toward the difficulties designers are facing right now in 2024 rather than the tremendous possibilities that have been made available also as a result of all these trends.
For example, you said AI is replacing frontend developers and I'm yet to see a clear use case for this in a production environment. What I've seen are junior / beginner frontend developers who learned how to take advantage of AI in their development 10x their learning, delivery, and as a result their income.
But I'm yet to see a non-technical founder or product manager get rid of all or some of their front-end developers and replace them entirely with AI.
If what you mean by 'front-end developer' is a beginner or junior front-end developer that refuses to take advantage of AI in their development, then maybe you might be right in a few cases but to cast a blanket on all front-end developers being replaceable by AI is a massive stretch that I don't see happening even in a decade.
I don't mean they're being replaced right now and I don't even mean AI will "do the coding". What I mean is the overall trend on optimising everything will go the route of LESS people because with AI they can now do more work. So it's not replacing A developer, it's probably just getting 2-3 developers fired and the remaining two taking over their jobs.
Companies are so focused on optimising that I believe it will actually come back to bite them in the behind and quite soon too.
Also - as a balance I'm finishing a video that shows a positive aspect of these same five things and how to use them to your advantage. We need balance of views and opinions :)
🎉🎉🎉 bravo!!!! You perfectly articulated both my thoughts and tone on the matter. I recently pivoted from UX to Massage Therapy and my mental health has vastly improved. PLUS, I get to use my skills to p'wn all the RMTs that think Framer is a picture hanging company 😈
Wait, Framer is not a picture hanging company? My worldview is ruined! ;-)
@@MalewiczHype 🤣 afraid to ask what your worldview is built on if ruined from that
Wow ux to massage therapist. Quite a jump and feels sensible one. They earn better and wont b replaced by robots thats easily.
Dont forget take home assignments and 4 interviews in a row hirign process when competing with 200+ designers for dead end ux job with zero research or seniority to provide guidance or feedback to you.
Basically in order to get a job in ux as a junior you have to go through higher level of screening and criteria than a heart surgeon or a nasa astronaut, for a position with so low responsibility that almost anyone could do it just from learning ux for 7 days from youtube.
Thats why I dont look for ux job in a tradional ways. It's nonsense.
Malewicz is right, beauty is the most important thing you need. I got my first ux/ui job with 0 ux projects in my portfolio, I didnt even knew what design thinking was. I just had 1 branding project, 1 package project, one webdesign and one animation. And i placed everything in one custom website. But it looked fancy like on behance and from there i got my next two ux jobs.
Case study and home assignments my arse :D
What probably helps the most is having ANY real world experience, even just ONE freelance project.
I took a bachelor in cs after a bachelor in nursing just to be an ux designer. I can't find a job and is currently joining the "business wagon". Doing a master i business instead of waiting forever