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hexed pond
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I should probably work on pitching better ideas...I don't usually think my ideas are good. I wait until someone else says it's good

normal pelican
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gonna continue our thread here too for your other question

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you should have repeated evidences that back up your personal brand as well.

For example, a person saying they are super on-top of things, but their friends describe this person as someone who's always late to things. Well that's not matching up!

If you don't feel like you are UI designer or visual designer, then don't be one.

But if that's the brand you want to become, then work on pumping out polished UI that people crave and want to come to you for.

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If you want people to say "damn! rvakid is an Idea Tank! I want them in my brainstorm meeting", then work backwards to see how you can establish and make yourself become that

hexed pond
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All i really want it to feel valued for whatever I bring to the table.

I'd like to be a UI designer but I'm not sure how to do it. I thought about taking a class but then I need projects. When I've tried to get projects in the past, all i end up is getting marketing work again, even when I offer work for free.

normal pelican
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why do you need projects to take a class?

hexed pond
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I don't think i need it to take a class, but like for my portfolio. a real project, not like redesigning apple's homepage or something

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something that would help me get hired

normal pelican
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Do you have enough evidence in your portfolio that back you up as a UI designer yet?

Do you have the skills/experience necessary for you to confidently propose UI solutions to stakeholders?

hexed pond
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My portfolio is awful. it's all old websites and ugly marketing collateral, I need to redo it but I don't have any new work to show. I can propose Ideas but not confidently. Honestly, i don't think I'm skilled for much of anything that's new. That's why I think I need to take a class.

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I've presented ideas in the past but it's never really been like...amazing or significant?

normal pelican
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@hexed pond came back from a meeting.

There is nothing wrong with continue learning to advance yourself, whether it's to familiarize yourself with new technology or bring yourself up to date with more marketable skills.

At the end of the day, it's about showcasing your skills and having a company (or multiple companies) that wants you to work for them.

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If you want to be known as a great UI designer, work on refining your interface design. Demonstrate that you know latest design guidelines (how you stay relevant), how you take constraints into consideration (designing with platform/device limitation in mind), how your UIs are beautiful and usable (no unreadable colors, no weird spacing, no breaking under diff use cases), etc....