I decided to switch my major from data science to digital media design. These two subjects have some overlaps, such as statistics background, research methods, visual communication (I am so into data visualization so I teach myself JS and Front-end development to create interactive visualizations by D3, for example), and so on.
I just finished the first course of this professional certificate. I have to say that it is a very well-designed course. It introduces what it means to become a UX designer.
Week 2 introduces the basic design frameworks by listing “how do you talk, think and design like a UX designer”.
Week 3 introduces the design sprint, what is it, how do you plan, participate and refect in it.
Week 4 is all about starting the portfolio and networking. I am really glad that Google is talking about the elephant in the room that I always try to avoid.
If you are interested in a link to these notes, just comment below. I will send you the link to my Notion notebook.
