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With the ever increasing popularity of user experience (UX) design there is a growing need for good designers. However, there’s a problem for designers here as well. How can you show the importance of UX to your stakeholders and convince them to invest in your design work?

As a UX designer, it is of great importance to have a well-crafted UX portfolio. You use your portfolio to show potential employers or clients who you are and what you are capable of. By creating your portfolio in a well-thought-of way you’re setting yourself up for that one job or project you’ve been dreaming about.

Scrum and user experience (UX) are considered to be opposites. Like fire and water, they do not go very well together. However, with both Scrum and UX getting more and more mainstream every day, the only thing you can do as a designer is work together regardless of your differences.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was one of the most famous painters that have ever lived. In fact, calling him (just) a painter does not do him any justice. Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci was a sculptor, an architect, and an inventor as well?

In today’s world of design, UX is a given. You can study UX, read about it, and there are more UX jobs than you can count. However, did you know that the term user experience, or UX in short, didn’t even excist that long ago? UX has a fascinating history full of twists and turns. Read more about that just below.

If you’re going to work somewhere you want to know what your salary is going to be. A career in UX design is no exception. If you consider working in design you want to know how much UX designers make. Makes sense! Here’s your answer.

UX designers are in demand. With the ever-increasing need for designers, the demand for remote employees grows. This raises a question… Can UX designers work from home?

Feedback is an important part of UX design. To improve the work you do you need to be able to give and receive good feedback. Receiving valuable feedback is in your own hands. By asking the right questions and providing the right environment you enable yourself to receive valuable feedback.

There’s a lot of information on UX out there. If you want to learn more on UX, become a UX designer, or just improve yourself as a designer this list of books is a good place to start.