Can you learn UX design on your own?

The most important thing when you want to learn UX design on your own is to make sure your progress is visible to the outside world. Here are some tips and tricks when learning about UX design on your own.

In our post on learning to become a UX designer, we talk about the four categories of a complete UX profile. These are design tools, skills, your portfolio and resume, and your working experience. When we talk about being visible, we mean showing your progress in these four categories.

What kind of social media accounts do you currently have? Let people know you’re learning UX design by updating your profile or headliner. This way you can let your network know what you’re up to. Maybe you’ll land your first client this way. This tackles the experience category as well as the others indirectly.

At this moment, the ‘build in public’ movement is gaining a lot of momentum. Why not start a ‘design in public’ movement? This way you’ll show potential recruiters your way of working. There are many creative ways you can use to share your work with the world. Share your work and ask for feedback. You’ll become a better designer by growing your design skills.

There are a lot of tips and tricks when you want to learn UX design on your own. Most are quite specific, like the ones we’ve just mentioned. However, one very broad tip we would like to give you is to make sure you have someone or something that can help you stay motivated.

Without other students or a teacher with you, being motivated can be difficult. Yes, you can learn UX design on your own. But that doesn’t mean you have to do it all by yourself. There’s an important difference there.