Great info. First video on the “real life” of any roles similar to UX/UI/PM/BA. We get newer employees who think they own the company and decisions. We are a piece of a bigger picture.
I'm eager to change my career to UX Design, I'm passionate about the career goals and UX/UI - but I've come to terms with the fact that I don't have to love my job. I'm also an artist, so I love making oil paintings, that's gonna be there whether I'm having a fun day at work or not. Thanks for this video! It was super insightful!
Thanks for all this great info Morgan! You mentioned you moved from digital marketing to UX. Could you talk more about the switch, the differences and similarities in the roles, what the work is like, what the different day to days look like (although you touched on UX here), etc? I’ve worked as a graphic designer and content creator for over a decade and in various capacities. Over that time, I’ve done a bit of digital marketing as well as UX. Now I find myself ready for a career switch. I’m currently taking both Google’s UX Designer and Digital Marketing & E-Commerce certifications on Coursera because I’m super interested in both. I can’t decide which I would find more fulfillment! Since you’ve worked in both worlds, I was hoping you could share some insight in a video. Thank you! And thanks for the great content!
I never 👎 personally understood designers who said “I suck at ui design 😅” as a badge of honor. That is like me hiring an engineer 👷♀️ to build out an application and he said “I enjoy building things” but “I suck at taking in performance and safety security measures”. I understand people tend to specialize but how can you “specialized” when you can’t even do ui correctly as a designer or build an application with least performance issues as an engineer.
Hi! When I say 'I suck at UI design', it's a callback to previous videos where I struggled with a UI design course. I work as a UX designer (not a UI designer), so I am more solution and strategy focused and work with design systems, so not focused on visual design. Definitely not wearing it as a badge of honor, it's actually something I'm actively working on. This channel is about showing the realities of being/becoming a UX designer, and it's okay to not be good at everything. Hope that clears it up!
right as you were talking about all of the meetings, with my experience working at T-mobile corporate office, I thought--If i'm new--I'm going to want to attend all of those meetings to become known lol. and then you proceeded to advise that we should attend all of those meetings. --yeah i feel u. i also get the general corporate struggle vibes. same
business needs > user needs. if we're honest. cuz who's writing our checks? at least we get to be the people who fight for the user. again you're confirming in a practical sense, what i already knew.. thanku! it's nice to hear someone say these things
Hey Morgan, Thanks for sharing your day in the life as a UX designer. Curious to know how many hours a week do you work? I have read that some UX designers have an excellent work-life balance, and I have heard from others that it's super stressful and requires 60hrs per week. What are your thoughts?
It 100% depends on the company. A larger company may have the resources to break up the UX role into UX designer, UI designer, UX strategist, content strategist, etc, so you are less essential to the operation as an individual (leading to less pressure and more freedom time-wise). A smaller company or a startup will work you harder and for more hours because you will likely be a one-person show. The upside of this is that your work has more impact on the company. I work for a big company that encourages a healthy work-life balance, so I don't work more than 40 hours.
Very true👌 thank you Morgan for having the power to share as it is, be true about your experience and yourself in general. You look reminded me home alone movie 🍿😄
I don't even want to do UX, I want to do motion design. I just like UX content because there isn't much on motion. BUT, The pain of existence 🥲 felt that.
Thanks for being honest. Looking at expensive ux courses and trying to be realistic
Great info. First video on the “real life” of any roles similar to UX/UI/PM/BA. We get newer employees who think they own the company and decisions. We are a piece of a bigger picture.
We all have a bit of main character syndrome for sure haha, but the sooner we accept reality the sooner we can start improving our positions!
@@MorganUX agreed. Doesn’t help that a lot of content out there are a bit misleading.
I'm eager to change my career to UX Design, I'm passionate about the career goals and UX/UI - but I've come to terms with the fact that I don't have to love my job. I'm also an artist, so I love making oil paintings, that's gonna be there whether I'm having a fun day at work or not.
Thanks for this video! It was super insightful!
It's always great if you can separate work from the rest of your life like that! I'm glad you found the video helpful :)
Thank you so much for this, Morgan! I just started working as a UX/UI intern at a company and your video served as some sort of a heads-up for me.
I’m glad you found it helpful! Best of luck with your internship, would love to hear how it goes!
that refinement process sounds great to me. I'm taking a bootcamp soon and your videos have been helpful to me
Good luck in your bootcamp, Dustin! Glad you find these helpful 😊
Thank you so much for this video!
So glad it was helpful!
Thanks for all this great info Morgan! You mentioned you moved from digital marketing to UX. Could you talk more about the switch, the differences and similarities in the roles, what the work is like, what the different day to days look like (although you touched on UX here), etc?
I’ve worked as a graphic designer and content creator for over a decade and in various capacities. Over that time, I’ve done a bit of digital marketing as well as UX.
Now I find myself ready for a career switch. I’m currently taking both Google’s UX Designer and Digital Marketing & E-Commerce certifications on Coursera because I’m super interested in both. I can’t decide which I would find more fulfillment! Since you’ve worked in both worlds, I was hoping you could share some insight in a video.
Thank you! And thanks for the great content!
Thank you so much for the video recommendation, I'll get to work on it! :)
@@MorganUX Awesome! I really appreciate it. Have a beautiful day! I'll keep an eye out for the video. :)
Once again - great video and awesome insights!
fantastic content, very true.. I really like your new site! great seeing you bloom in the field after watching your process of transition. :)
That's so kind of you to say, thank you!
Very realistic and informative! Thanks Morgan for sharing this. I appreciate your honesty! 👏👌💙
So happy you found it helpful :)
I never 👎 personally understood designers who said “I suck at ui design 😅” as a badge of honor. That is like me hiring an engineer 👷♀️ to build out an application and he said “I enjoy building things” but “I suck at taking in performance and safety security measures”. I understand people tend to specialize but how can you “specialized” when you can’t even do ui correctly as a designer or build an application with least performance issues as an engineer.
Hi! When I say 'I suck at UI design', it's a callback to previous videos where I struggled with a UI design course. I work as a UX designer (not a UI designer), so I am more solution and strategy focused and work with design systems, so not focused on visual design. Definitely not wearing it as a badge of honor, it's actually something I'm actively working on. This channel is about showing the realities of being/becoming a UX designer, and it's okay to not be good at everything. Hope that clears it up!
right as you were talking about all of the meetings, with my experience working at T-mobile corporate office, I thought--If i'm new--I'm going to want to attend all of those meetings to become known lol. and then you proceeded to advise that we should attend all of those meetings. --yeah i feel u. i also get the general corporate struggle vibes. same
business needs > user needs. if we're honest. cuz who's writing our checks? at least we get to be the people who fight for the user. again you're confirming in a practical sense, what i already knew.. thanku! it's nice to hear someone say these things
amazing closing comments
It's an unfortunate reality, but once you understand it you can make the best of what you have!
Hey Morgan, Thanks for sharing your day in the life as a UX designer. Curious to know how many hours a week do you work? I have read that some UX designers have an excellent work-life balance, and I have heard from others that it's super stressful and requires 60hrs per week. What are your thoughts?
It 100% depends on the company. A larger company may have the resources to break up the UX role into UX designer, UI designer, UX strategist, content strategist, etc, so you are less essential to the operation as an individual (leading to less pressure and more freedom time-wise).
A smaller company or a startup will work you harder and for more hours because you will likely be a one-person show. The upside of this is that your work has more impact on the company.
I work for a big company that encourages a healthy work-life balance, so I don't work more than 40 hours.
Very true👌 thank you Morgan for having the power to share as it is, be true about your experience and yourself in general.
You look reminded me home alone movie 🍿😄
Hahaha I’ll remember to wear the robe more often! Thank you so much for your support! 😊
Great video!
Thank you!
Good stuff 👍
Thank you! 😊
I don't even want to do UX, I want to do motion design. I just like UX content because there isn't much on motion. BUT, The pain of existence 🥲 felt that.
Motion design is so rad, best of luck on your journey!