Get Into UX: A Foolproof Guide to Getting Your First User Experience Job
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- Create Date：2021-12-02 09:21:12
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Vy Alechnavicius
- ISBN：B09GH7G2TN
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Summary
Get Into UX book is a career advice book written to help new and experienced designers get unstuck in their pursuits to get UX jobs。
The UX field has been booming for years， and as a result， a landslide of new talent has been flooding the market。 All of the newcomers want to learn user experience design or research as fast as possible and get paid professional positions。 However， only a fraction of them breaks into the field。
On the one hand， you have young designers struggling to find jobs， and on the other hand， managers who can’t find enough experienced talent。 Often this is attributed to uninformed gurus， hasty bootcamps and other get-into-UX-quick schemes that overpromise， but never make anyone fully market-ready。
Why do they not work？ As a discipline， UX is too complex to graduate into overnight。 It requires months and often years of commitment to do it justice。
That doesn’t mean you cannot shorten this journey。
This book is a foolproof guide to correct course and help UX researchers and designers like you focus on the right things to get the job you want。
Every chapter is written to give you insights and practical tools that you need to:
- Set yourself apart from the majority of entry and junior-level applicants by genuinely understanding what UX is and what it isn't; It's time to distil user experience design into an effective workflow that adds clarity and pulls you out of the crowd of the unsure。
- Set up your UX career for long term success; learn the craft that is challenging， rewarding and futureproof。 This means buckling up for the long term development but starting now。
- Overcome the self-sabotaging actions by focusing on the right things。 Have you ever wondered why some UX designers get ahead quickly， and others don’t？ Hint: it's rarely to do with external factors。
- Shorten your journey from beginner to pro by using field-proven strategies and specific tactics。 You’ll learn how to go from awareness to 'can do' without getting stuck。
- Ace your UX portfolio， resumes， and interviews by showcasing your skills in the right way and for the right audiences。 We'll unpack the essentials and the small yet critical detail to get your foot in the door。
In this book you will find a few sections with the following progressive to your journey chapters:
I: Understand what UX is and what it isn’t
II: Plan your future in UX
III: Gain a deep understanding of UX
IV: Practice UX and collect the evidence along the way
V: Demonstrate the evidence
VI: Get the job
VII: Build forward momentum
The UX field has been booming for years， and as a result， a landslide of new talent has been flooding the market。 All of the newcomers want to learn user experience design or research as fast as possible and get paid professional positions。 However， only a fraction of them breaks into the field。
On the one hand， you have young designers struggling to find jobs， and on the other hand， managers who can’t find enough experienced talent。 Often this is attributed to uninformed gurus， hasty bootcamps and other get-into-UX-quick schemes that overpromise， but never make anyone fully market-ready。
Why do they not work？ As a discipline， UX is too complex to graduate into overnight。 It requires months and often years of commitment to do it justice。
That doesn’t mean you cannot shorten this journey。
This book is a foolproof guide to correct course and help UX researchers and designers like you focus on the right things to get the job you want。
Every chapter is written to give you insights and practical tools that you need to:
- Set yourself apart from the majority of entry and junior-level applicants by genuinely understanding what UX is and what it isn't; It's time to distil user experience design into an effective workflow that adds clarity and pulls you out of the crowd of the unsure。
- Set up your UX career for long term success; learn the craft that is challenging， rewarding and futureproof。 This means buckling up for the long term development but starting now。
- Overcome the self-sabotaging actions by focusing on the right things。 Have you ever wondered why some UX designers get ahead quickly， and others don’t？ Hint: it's rarely to do with external factors。
- Shorten your journey from beginner to pro by using field-proven strategies and specific tactics。 You’ll learn how to go from awareness to 'can do' without getting stuck。
- Ace your UX portfolio， resumes， and interviews by showcasing your skills in the right way and for the right audiences。 We'll unpack the essentials and the small yet critical detail to get your foot in the door。
In this book you will find a few sections with the following progressive to your journey chapters:
I: Understand what UX is and what it isn’t
II: Plan your future in UX
III: Gain a deep understanding of UX
IV: Practice UX and collect the evidence along the way
V: Demonstrate the evidence
VI: Get the job
VII: Build forward momentum
Reviews
Lee
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A very great book and a must-read for beginners who want to enter and have questions on how to get into this field。I bought an e-book version of this book and maybe because it’s an early version so it has a typo and some links aren’t be able to access， but overall， great content still！
Nikola
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This book is everything we （entry-level UXers） need。 Every question I've had or might have had about the job-getting process is answered。 Each step of the journey is covered in just enough detail。 It provides learning resources， recommends books， and serves as a fantastic guide to come back to often。 I also strongly believe that UX designers of any level can benefit from this book， not just beginners。 Vy Alechnavicius surely made a lot of lives much easier with this write。 This book is everything we （entry-level UXers） need。 Every question I've had or might have had about the job-getting process is answered。 Each step of the journey is covered in just enough detail。 It provides learning resources， recommends books， and serves as a fantastic guide to come back to often。 I also strongly believe that UX designers of any level can benefit from this book， not just beginners。 Vy Alechnavicius surely made a lot of lives much easier with this write。 。。。more
Mihailo
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For a “crash course” on UX， this is the place to start。 Vy breaks down the path for becoming a UX professional into four， easily digestible steps， providing the most novice “uxer” insight into the world of UX。 A perfect read for non-designers who want to become designers， design students， managers who teach UX， marketers， developers， etc。I love this book so much， and as someone with more than a decade of experience as a UX Designer， I still learned a lot from this book。
Stoica Alexandra
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I recently purchased this book， I manage to only read a few pages， but I'm already in love with it。 As a recent UX graduate， I'm struggling to get my first job in the field。 I already follow Vy Alechnavicius's channel， and his videos helped me tremendously when I worked on my portfolio。 So this book is was a good addition to my shelf。 I recently purchased this book， I manage to only read a few pages， but I'm already in love with it。 As a recent UX graduate， I'm struggling to get my first job in the field。 I already follow Vy Alechnavicius's channel， and his videos helped me tremendously when I worked on my portfolio。 So this book is was a good addition to my shelf。 。。。more
Helena Pilih
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