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Are the UI/UX Professional Certificate MOOCs from Coursea (Google, Microsoft, etc.) any good?

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Nobody cares about qualifications. They don't even really care about UI/UX.

What they care about is getting more leads from their website. It's your job to get them those leads. Having a good UI/UX it one of the components of doing this.

If you want to do a course that's up to you. I'd just do lots and lots of research and then start practicing your skills on your own website.

On 9/28/2024 at 3:05 PM, silly.questions said:

I want to get more into UI/UX and I am wondering if a course like this would be a good way, or do these certificates look stupid on a resume?

Hi @silly.questions

For me, courses/certificates really depend on where you are in your career.

If you're relatively young/inexperienced then having qualifications on your CV can be a good way to show that you've taken the time to build a base level of knowledge. Once you get beyond entry level though, the most important thing employers will look for is experience, and a portfolio.

With that said, if you're focusing more on building skills rather than certificates, then some courses can be useful for learning the bases of new techniques, or refreshing old ones.

2 hours ago, DSTW said:

Hi @silly.questions

If you're relatively young/inexperienced then having qualifications on your CV ....

That's if you plan to apply for a job. If you are freelancing then there isn't a lot of point.

But even if you want to work for someone else, experience will have far more value than a qualification. Having a portfolio with statistics on performance will be much more valuable.

  • 1 month later...

Courses are definitely beneficial, but you'll gain more knowledge through practice. I don’t think anyone cares about the certificates you hold; it’s more about the design you create to represent your skills.

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