I want to be UX|UI... What do I do now?

The most recurring question when deciding our professional career is: “And now, where do I start?”

It is a very valid question if you ask me. We are not used to being explained the wide array of career paths within a single career, and even less the options that we have available in the last year of school before we apply for a university or college. Without guidance, but consulting friends and family, who in turn, give us their opinions.?

But what if we don’t want to pursue any of the careers that we are shown home??

In my case, my family consists of all scientific careers that did not align with my personality or my love for art, creativity, investigation, the need to discover the why of some things. I knew I loved to communicate, and I liked psychology, but I had no one around me who could guide me in these subjects. Then, my experience became: “Jump in, the road will take you to the place where you need to be and then, we will see” (it is not an experience I would like to transmit or live again; I rather have something much more structured with well-defined goals).

I studied social communications and for a long time I felt that I found my calling, but reality came knocking on the door. There was something missing, like salt and pepper that give that give a special touch to your food.

After threading a very long and winding road and not knowing what I wanted to do, I started to study and train in agile methodologies and Software Development, because it was something that really vibe with me, it was easy to understand, yet again: it wasn’t what I wanted.

While investigating a little bit more about my options according to my profile, I found the wonderous magic world of UX (User eXperience), getting lightly involved in UI (User Interface), and it was like when Charlie Bucket found the golden ticket for the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory. In that moment, I understood where my professional career path had been leading me. I found a place that combines all my passions and all that I wanted to learn, in a world that is much more alive like tech.

"This is it”, I remember I told myself, but now, what? I had no idea what you could do in this area, so Google became my best friend for a long time. I began to research all the data, profiles of experts, which helped me inroads to start, at 32 years of age, a new career path.

I had the golden opportunity to switch career fields, from Scrum Master to Junior UX Consultor and asking, probing, studying (so much studying), practicing what I have learned (it is especially important to practice what you are learning; however you like: personal projects, practice guidelines)

I know that I still have a long way to go, but after two years I feel at home and probably would have been able to forward ahead of time having much more precise information or information about where to go.

This is why I want to leave a list of useful information that I have been (and continue to) collect about UX, UI, Interaction Design, UX Writing, a myriad of courses, methodologies and more in both English and Spanish, this is a public access Google drive folder, where everyone can learn, knowledge must be open and available for everyone. So, help me out by making this visible so I can reach as many people as possible that can benefit from all this.

Free resources on UX, UI and more. Click here:?Recursos de UX|UI - Google Drive

If you want to know more about UX|UI don’t hesitate to write, I will do my best to help you out to the best of my abilities.

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