Starting off in UX

After taking about a year off of college to recollect myself and figure out what I wanted to do, I applied for WWCC and signed up for two classes: Communication in the Workplace and User Experience. I had an idea of what UX was before going into the class, but I never knew how deep the rabbit hole went with this type of stuff. I started working with Figma, learned a whole bunch of new vocabulary, and even made this website to add my projects and work onto. I am really enjoying this class and learning all the stuff that goes into what makes a project more engaging and the development of it all.

Right now, I'm currently in college still not completely sure of what I wanna get into for a career. The only thing I do know is that I love working on computers and that's what I want to do for a living. I decided to focus on general Computer Science while I got a grasp of what I want to focus more on the further in I go and experience through my classes. At first I thought maybe programming and game design might be worth a shot, and while I still like programming, I found myself enjoying web design; and now going through UX, I'm starting to broaden my horizons a bit to different types of computer work that I find enjoyable.

The first week had us learning how to use Figma and learning what the User Experience is about. The second and third weeks had us creating our own creations in Figma: A Decision Tree and an Emoji Board. We are currently in our fourth week, where we took peer reviews and revised some things to improve the user experience. With that, our professor brought up a good point:

"If you take the attitude of "good enough for me," you're missing the point - which is to make the product a delight for the customer."

The user experience is about making something that's pleasing to the customer, not just yourself. When you make something for other people to use, you can't just go in and say that this is "good enough for me" because you aren't the only one using it. You need to think of the people who will be using this often, maybe as often as daily. Keep other people in mind, and make what's good for them. Not what's good enough for you.