Re: [ia-55] General Assembly UX Design Immersive
| From: | user 9. |
| Sent on: | Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 1:35 PM |
Hi Taylor,
I'm currently in online marketing and am researching a career change to UXD, so I'm glad you've asked about this. I've heard both good and bad things about GA but I've really liked the online classes and on-site workshops I've been to. I was impressed to hear that the immersives happen at each GA location across the globe at the same time, so you'd be a part of a really useful community of other students. The apprentice partnerships they have also seem worthy of enrollment - if only it wasn't so expensive!
I thought you (and others) might be interested in reading this article (part 1 of 3) from Silverpop:
I haven't read all the way thru, but conceptually, it's almost singlehandedly confirmed my desire to get into UX. IT is going to grow soooo much in the next few years and is becoming more and more important to CEOs and business strategies (compared to the IT dept being just desktop and application support in a firm), so it's definitely an industry worth looking at. Even though you and I are just getting started with the journey, I feel like we (and others like us) would still be a part of the "beginning" of UXD's growth too.
FOR EVERYONE ELSE: Do you have any suggestions or thoughts on solid, in person, UX training that doesn't cost as much as GA?? Since I can't afford to do their full course, I feel like I'll be doing a sort of piecemeal approach to learning, which I don't think is as effective. Has anyone had any luck on Lynda.com, or Coursera.org with online courses? Any recommendations there?
Thanks Taylor for posting! I hope you don't mind me adding on to your questions!
Happy Wednesday,
:) Kelly
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Taylor Ferrari <[address removed]> wrote:
Hi everyone,
My name is Taylor and I have been interested in getting into UX design for about a year now. I was an anthropology major at UCLA and want to combine my anthropological skills with technology.
Has anyone taken/heard of the General Assembly Ux design immersive course? If so do you have any advice or feedback?
Also, do you know if any companies invest in potential future designers that are going through training?
Thank you,
Taylor Ferrari
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