Hello
And thank you for signing up
This course on Bear Academy
I'm Bear, a UX designer who lives in Auckland
New Zealand
In this course
I will walk you through the best free online materials
You can find to learn UX by yourself
Before we jump into the details
Let's answer three questions
Why do I want to learn UX? And how do I start?
And who the hell is Bear?
Why do I want to learn UX
Some of you might think to start a UX career
Some might just want to learn it as UX is such a buzzword now
UX designers are in high demand and their salaries reflect this fact
You'll have fun working in this dynamic field
And you'll learn timeless transferable skills
No matter what your reason is
UX design is a great skill to have
especially in this post covered age
How to learn UX?
You can go to a design school or join a UX boot camp to learn the skills
Both these two options will help you to build a solid UX skill
But the cost of time and money is expensive
You will spend thousands of dollars
And months of time to finish the course
Or you can be a self taught UX designer
with the inexpensive resources available online
As mentioned
I'm a self-taught UX designer
I've been doing design for many years in China
And when I moved to New Zealand
I wanted to be a UX designer
I didn't know any designers in New Zealand at that time
I didn't have any design related degree
I'm a second language speaker
I didn't have local experience
My portfolio was in another language
I decided to learn UX by myself
And a few months later
I landed a UX job in one of the New Zealand tier-1 company
which is also the global leader of its industry
A few months later after that
I became a design mentor at Springboard
the Top tech boot camp based in US
I knew how to become a self-taught UX designer
I've been there
I knew all the pits and falls
In this course
I will show you the best resources you can find
on the internet to learn UX by yourself for free!
Let's jump into it!
