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Is a UX Design Bootcamp worth it?

All of them promise jobs, high-paying salaries and exceptional designer skills in a span of few months. Are those promises kept?

7 min readJan 20, 2023

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Is a UX Design Bootcamp worth it?

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9 Underrated Skills for UX Designers

We don’t only need to be skilled to design the fancy UIs and brainstorm solutions and know every design tool that is out there.

4 min readJan 6, 2023

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Getting into a career in UX.

A personal story of how thankful I am for staying my course toward a career in UX.

7 min readJun 23, 2022

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Getting into a career in UX.

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It’s okay not to be okay at the moment.

Don’t beat yourself up if you aren’t extremely productive during this period. No one is going to point fingers at you.

4 min readApr 29, 2020

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It’s okay not to be okay at the moment.

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Answering some common "getting into" UX design questions

Answers to the most common questions I get on my Instagram DMs.

5 min readFeb 3, 2022

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Answering some common "getting into" UX design questions

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Do we even talk about UX Designers and their mental health?

Everything looks bold and beautiful until you talk to folks who go through all this but don’t speak up because we are supposed to have…

6 min readFeb 26, 2024

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Do we even talk about UX Designers and their mental health?

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I took a 31-day drawing challenge

And this is how it helped me gain my mojo and sanity back.

6 min readNov 28, 2023

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I took a 31-day drawing challenge

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Balancing Work and Passion Projects

The hype is real. Pursuing one or multiple passion projects on the side can be beneficial. Why? Let's dive in.

5 min readOct 19, 2023

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Balancing Work and Passion Projects

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Lessons you can learn from kids

Let that child out every once in a while, won’t you?

5 min readAug 18, 2023

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Lessons you can learn from kids

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Stories by Index Studio

The Commodification of UX Education

It's sad that students are taken for a ride when they trust institutions to teach, guide, and mentor them — and then it's all a scam.

5 min readJun 27, 2023

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The Commodification of UX Education

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Swathi Kirthyvasan

Swathi Kirthyvasan

Senior UX, Writer & Artist. I like to keep things real about design, work, art, life, careers, and psychology (sometimes). And anything that tickles my fancy.

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