00:00is the Google ux design certificate
00:03actually worth it that's what we're
00:05going to be talking about in this video
00:07first there'll be an overview of the
00:09course then we'll talk about the time to
00:10completion of the course then we'll talk
00:12about the costs we'll talk about the
00:14demand for the careers you might go into
00:16we'll talk about the salary for the
00:18careers you might go into then the
00:19production value of the course then the
00:21certificates chances of Landing you a
00:23job then the overall value of the course
00:26and finally I will be ranking all of
00:28those from 1 to 10 and giving you a
00:30final score as well as my thoughts on
00:33whether the certificate is worth it or
00:34not for you so if you appreciate me
00:36doing these types of videos where I
00:37review different online educational
00:39products go ahead gently tap that like
00:41button and let's jump into it right now
00:43alright so if you'd like to see the
00:45certificate itself you can click the
00:46link I'll put it down in the description
00:47as well as the pinned comment below but
00:49right at the Top If You click that link
00:51you're gonna see this is your path to a
00:53career in ux design in this program
00:55you'll learn in-demand skills that will
00:56have you job ready in less than six
00:58months no degree or EXP variants
01:00required so those are some very bold
01:02claims from Google and this certificate
01:04by the way is hosted on Coursera so
01:06Google first came out with these
01:08professional certificates or career
01:10certificates in response to the fact
01:12that they were having trouble filling
01:13certain positions there are certain
01:15positions out there where the skills
01:17that they needed people to have just
01:18about nobody had them and the main
01:20reason for that is because College was
01:22not teaching these people the skills and
01:24so they basically decided to fill that
01:26Gap in the market and come out with
01:28these professional certificates and they
01:30did it in an extremely affordable way as
01:33well because all it costs for you to
01:35access this is about 39 a month so if
01:38you look at other alternatives for
01:39getting into these high demand careers
01:41which are typically going to be college
01:42or a boot camp College costs about a
01:44hundred thousand dollars boot camps tend
01:46to cost around ten thousand dollars
01:48sometimes even more so 39 a month with a
01:50seven day free trial that's pretty good
01:52also they say right on the website that
01:55the certificates are 39 a month in the
01:57US but in other countries they might
01:59actually be be more affordable and that
02:01would make sense because 39 a month
02:03might be a lot to somebody in India for
02:05instance so you can click on the link
02:06below and it'll tell you exactly how
02:08much it is depending on where you are
02:10because it is geolocated also Google
02:12apparently does not generate any revenue
02:14from the Google career certificates I'm
02:16not surprised to hear that a lot of
02:18Google's products are completely free I
02:20mean I can't tell you how many Google
02:22products I use that they don't charge me
02:24for of course they probably figure out
02:26how to make money on the back end
02:27because I do end up buying other Google
02:29products and who knows what's going to
02:31happen in the future now since Google
02:32established this certificate system a
02:35few years ago it has been acknowledged
02:36by many in the industry as being legit
02:39and that was kind of the problem with
02:40this came out a few years ago is it did
02:42look great in theory but the big
02:44question was is it going to move the
02:47needle when you put it on your resume or
02:49your LinkedIn profile right our business
02:51owners hiring managers recruiters Etc
02:53going to respect the certificate and
02:55we'll get into that a little bit later
02:56on in the video so there's actually
02:58going to be seven total course is if you
03:00take this certificate and the first one
03:02is going to be foundations of user
03:04experience that's what ux stands for and
03:07design then course number two is going
03:09to be start the ux design process
03:11empathize Define and ideate number three
03:14is going to be build wireframes and low
03:17Fidelity prototypes number four is going
03:19to be conduct ux research and test early
03:22Concepts number five is going to be
03:24create High Fidelity designs and
03:26prototypes in figma number six is going
03:29to be responsive web design in Adobe XD
03:31and number seven is going to be design a
03:34user experience for social good and
03:36prepare for jobs and as you can see all
03:39of these courses are rated either 4.8 or
03:424.9 stars out of 5 which is excellent
03:46now let's go ahead and talk about the
03:48time to completion so according to
03:51Coursera this is going to take about six
03:53months to complete and it's also 100
03:56self-paced and online that means you can
03:58take it anytime you you want you don't
04:00have to log in at certain times you can
04:02take it in the morning take it at night
04:04take it during your lunch break Etc now
04:06although they say it's going to take six
04:09months most of the self-reporting
04:10indicates that you can do it quite a bit
04:12faster than that so for instance this
04:14person said thanks for the review of the
04:16Google ux design your positive review is
04:19helpful for me to decide whether I
04:20should take it or not was a little bit
04:21hesitant that this seven courses may
04:23take a longer time not bragging about
04:25myself I was able to finish all seven
04:27courses in 44 days mostly due to my
04:30background in this field I'm just trying
04:32to encourage others experience ones to
04:34give it a try as well don't hesitate
04:35about how long the course is it took me
04:37quite a bit of time to finish it and I
04:39enjoyed the last one a lot it's a recap
04:41of five and six course but allows us to
04:43design our own unique project so this
04:45person already had experience in ux
04:47design and they were able to finish it
04:49in about a month and a half now if you
04:50compare this to ux boot camps which are
04:53typically going to take two to ten
04:55months or a college degree which is
04:56going to take four to five years
04:58actually 5.1 years on average that's
05:00pretty good and I would say for this one
05:02for a normal person if you take it
05:04seriously if you're not too busy you can
05:06probably finish it in about two to three
05:08months so overall when it comes to the
05:09time to completion I'm gonna give this
05:11one a 9 out of 10. next one on the list
05:13is going to be the cost so again we're
05:16going to compare this one to the other
05:18educational opportunities which are
05:20college and boot camps College costs
05:24000 boot camps tend to cost ten thousand
05:27dollars or more so as I mentioned before
05:29in the United States this certificate
05:30costs about 39 a month and if you're
05:34able to finish it in three months that's
05:35about a hundred and twenty dollars but
05:38even if it takes you six months to
05:39complete it that would still be only 234
05:42dollars so much cheaper than a boot camp
05:44much cheaper than college so yeah when
05:46you compare this to just about any other
05:48form of getting educated in order to
05:50land a job this is incredibly affordable
05:53now that doesn't necessarily mean it's
05:55as good as the other two options which
05:57we're gonna get into a little bit later
05:58in the video so this person for instance
06:00they talk about how they're taking the
06:03course for free because their government
06:04subsidizes further development which is
06:06really cool of course there is actually
06:07working with a lot of governments around
06:09the world to you know get scholarships
06:11and subsidize this sort of thing and
06:12they also say that part of the goods is
06:14it's cheap if you actively clear them
06:16out on time or earlier and I know you
06:18might be thinking well there's all these
06:19ways of getting educated online that are
06:21extremely cheap and yes you could
06:22technically probably look all of this
06:24stuff up on your own but you would waste
06:2610 times the amount of time doing that
06:28and on top of that you wouldn't have a
06:30certificate that actually does move the
06:32needle a little bit at the end of the
06:33day to show for it so when it comes to a
06:35cost perspective I have to give this one
06:37a 10 out of 10. it really doesn't get
06:39any better than this next we're going to
06:41talk about the demand for the careers
06:42related to ux design right so first of
06:46all you do get access to a job platform
06:48which is really cool if you're able to
06:50finish the certificate where more than
06:52150 employers are hiring for open roles
06:55and they say there's about 99 000
06:56in-demand job openings in ux design and
06:59and according to indeed.com the demand
07:02for ux UI designers is currently up by
07:0516 so the demand is at an all-time high
07:08now some of the common job titles that
07:10you might go for after getting a
07:12certificate like this of course
07:13depending on your goals and your
07:15background Etc are going to be ux
07:17designer UI designer ux UI designer ux
07:20manager ux researcher ux writer
07:23information architect or ux architect ux
07:26strategist product designer product
07:27manager and product owner some common
07:30job titles that are actually listed on
07:32the certificate home page are going to
07:33be ux designer UI designer interaction
07:36designer visual designer and product
07:39designer so if you type in ux design on
07:42LinkedIn for instance you're going to
07:44see about 16 000 results at the entry
07:46level on BLS for web developer and
07:49digital designer you are going to see
07:51about 197 000 jobs and it's growing at
07:5423 which is much faster than average and
07:56on the professional certificate itself
07:58it says there's about 99 9000 U.S job
08:00openings in ux design with a median
08:03entry level salary of ninety two
08:05thousand dollars a year so overall when
08:07it comes to the demand really good for
08:09an art related career not going to be as
08:11good as some of the other technology
08:13business finance related careers but
08:15really good for an art related career
08:17I'm going to give this one an 8.5 out of
08:1910. next on the list is going to be
08:21salary so as I just mentioned 92 000
08:24median entry level salary if you look up
08:27web developer and digital designer on
08:29BLS you're going to see about 78 000 a
08:31year if you type in ux designer on
08:33Glassdoor you're going to see ninety
08:35seven thousand dollars a year if you
08:37type in UI designer on Glassdoor you'll
08:39see a hundred thousand dollars a year if
08:40you type in ux researcher they make
08:43about ninety nine thousand dollars a
08:44year product designers make ninety three
08:46thousand dollars a year information
08:48Architects make 126 000 ux managers make
08:52about a hundred and sixty one thousand
08:53and ux strategists make about 132 000.
08:57so a lot of really high paying careers
08:58there and this makes a lot of sense
09:00because ux design is incredibly
09:03important the way you design your
09:04website something that possibly millions
09:07or even tens of millions of people might
09:09see is incredibly important makes a huge
09:11difference and especially for an art
09:13related career this is a phenomenal
09:15salary so I'm gonna have to actually
09:17give this one a 10 out of 10. next on
09:19the list is going to be the production
09:21value and engagement now note this is
09:23going to be extremely subjective it
09:25really depends on the personality of the
09:27professors but if you look at the
09:29reviews they do tend to be pretty good
09:30so this person for instance said the
09:32instructors were all very well chosen I
09:35liked how they speak and convey ideas
09:36without the condescending better than
09:39thou approach many industry experts are
09:40prone to Here It was friendly to the
09:42point easy to understand I played most
09:44of the videos at 2x the speed to save
09:46time though as most of them try to speak
09:48as slowly as possible to make it easier
09:50to understand for non-english speakers
09:52that's great this person Carlin says the
09:54quality of the teaching and videos is
09:56very high lots of interesting
09:58assignments and articles time flies by
10:00yet there are some comments that
10:02actually call for some improvements so
10:04for instance this person yidon says I'm
10:07not sure it's fair to call the course
10:08bad there are improvements to be made
10:10for sure but it's decent and free short
10:13primer for a course for newcomers it's
10:15sort of a you get what you pay for a
10:17kind of scenario and this person
10:18Wolfgang says I had the same thoughts
10:21about the motion design the reason why
10:23I'm calling it bad is because it sets
10:24wrong expectations had they mentioned
10:26and made clear that this is just
10:27Google's take on ux I wouldn't mind this
10:30much this person said some of the flaws
10:31of the course are what is covered is the
10:34Google ux culture and not a generic
10:36representation of how ux teams usually
10:39are peer reviews are basically not
10:41helpful in proving your knowledge and
10:43then the grading or grading rubrics has
10:45been set at a low bar it's not hard to
10:47pass as long as you read the
10:48instructions and this person said I
10:50agree with your review I came into the
10:52Google certification course with UI ux
10:55knowledge already mostly UI this made
10:57the beginning of the program seem very
10:59dull and slow moving for a full-on
11:01beginner that could be useful to some
11:03but I feel that it contributes a lot to
11:05the dropout rate the lack of UI and the
11:07fact that it isn't acknowledged as being
11:09as important of a factor to learn is
11:11also disappointing with that being said
11:13I agree it's a great course for
11:15beginners as long as they don't rely
11:17only on this course being their ticket
11:19into the industry so overall relatively
11:21positive comments but I will say after
11:24looking at a bunch of different products
11:26certifications Etc this one did have
11:28more negative comments than some of the
11:31other Google certifications so for that
11:33reason when it comes to production value
11:35and engagement I'm going to give this
11:37one a 7 out of 10. next we're going to
11:39talk about its chances of Landing you a
11:42job now when it comes to ux UI design
11:45just being a web designer in general you
11:48need to have an absolutely crazy good
11:50portfolio like having a great portfolio
11:53is so important so this certification
11:55does help you build your portfolio but
11:57in my personal opinion I think you would
12:00need a little bit more than this cert
12:01right you need to build your portfolio
12:03outside of the projects they have you do
12:05inside of this and that did seem to be
12:07what the sentiment was when it came to
12:09the reviews so for instance corny says
12:11took the course and got a job but the
12:13course alone did not get me the job had
12:15to build out a decent portfolio
12:16networking with other designers practice
12:18daily go to ux design digital events get
12:21a mentor from ADP list the Google course
12:23was the Bare Bones of all you need to do
12:25for a job good luck so they still say
12:27good things about the Google course but
12:29they say as I said before that they
12:31needed to do extra things outside of the
12:33course and to be completely honest with
12:35you there are so many people out there
12:37that want to get art related careers
12:39it's actually incredibly difficult to
12:42land an art related career because of
12:43how popular it is the supply and demand
12:46just isn't there and so the fact that
12:47this cert even gets you you know maybe
12:49halfway or 80 percent of the way there
12:51is incredibly good especially for the
12:53price now this person says I just got an
12:55offer from my first uxr job with the
12:57Google course I had a bachelor's in
12:59biology G but no other ux experience
13:01aside from the Google course like others
13:03said they took a bit to build my
13:04portfolio upskilled do a hackathon and I
13:07applied it a ton of places but going
13:08from zero to an offer in six months has
13:11been fantastic so as the other person
13:13said the Google course was a good primer
13:15but they had to do more outside of it
13:17they had to build their portfolio potato
13:19Mari says completing a ux certificate
13:21will not get you a job everyone's doing
13:23it nowadays with the expectation that
13:25interviews will fall into their lap the
13:27release of the Google one is making it
13:29even more competitive for junior
13:30designers to get their foot in it's more
13:32about what you do with what you learn
13:33from the certificate to build a great
13:35portfolio sure it's probably a great
13:37course to build fundamentals but there's
13:39no collaboration involved and no
13:41measurable kpis unless you reach out to
13:43actual businesses for your project and
13:45this is how you stand out from other
13:46Juniors so this person Brando says Hi I
13:49finished my Google ux certification a
13:51few months ago if you know anything
13:52about ux Google ux courses are great for
13:55beginners who want to get their feet wet
13:57however when you apply for a job having
13:58a certificate is is always going to be
14:00just a bonus what you need instead is a
14:03killer resume a beautiful portfolio and
14:05some interview preparation this person
14:07Fatima says I took the course while
14:09being totally new to ux design and I
14:11learned quite a lot I actually also
14:12landed my first job as a ux designer
14:14after completing the course since you
14:16have to submit a portfolio of a total of
14:18three projects by the end of the program
14:20to get a certificate of completion I
14:22kept in mind though to create a good
14:23portfolio to land a job and I also
14:25learned almost everything in figma which
14:27wasn't really covered in the program
14:28only the very Basics are shared I think
14:30this is good for someone totally new to
14:32ux but it is not enough if you want to
14:34stand out this next person midnight says
14:36a certificate alone won't get you a job
14:38in the ux UI field you need a portfolio
14:41do you have a public portfolio available
14:42with samples case studies write-ups with
14:45your design rationale if it's good
14:46that's the thing that will get you the
14:48job so I think you get the point here
14:49there's probably a hundred other reviews
14:51that were basically just like that what
14:54most of them say is the certificate is
14:56great for beginners it's a great start
14:58but you're gonna need to do more outside
15:00of that and specifically the most
15:02important thing that they mention over
15:03and over again was building your
15:05portfolio and anybody who's familiar
15:07with art related careers will know that
15:09this is true having a portfolio is
15:11essential so overall the chances of
15:13Landing you a job I'm going to give this
15:15one a 7 out of 10. because yes it will
15:18get you a significant amount of the way
15:20there and yes it is great for beginners
15:21but you're gonna need to do more outside
15:24of just the certificate alone next we're
15:26going to talk about the overall value
15:28right what value does this certificate
15:31offer so first of all they claim 75
15:33percent of Google career certificate
15:35graduates in the United States reported
15:37an improvement in their career
15:38trajectory now I do wish that they would
15:40break that down by each specific
15:41certificate they don't but what I can
15:43say is these certificates and
15:45alternative education in general which
15:47is basically any type of education
15:49outside of traditional college is
15:51getting more and more respected by
15:53employers as time goes on and the entire
15:56pandemic situation basically accelerated
15:58this so I I was making content before
16:00the pandemic happened all the way
16:01through and after the pandemic and I can
16:04tell you there has been a massive shift
16:06in how easy it is for people to get a
16:08job without having to go through the
16:10traditional education system it is very
16:12clear that the value of a college degree
16:14has been going down for decades and the
16:16cost of a college degree has continued
16:18to rise and so these alternative ways of
16:21getting educated are getting more and
16:23more valuable now one of the biggest
16:25reasons why people fail in college boot
16:28camps online courses and certificates is
16:30simply because they figure out that that
16:32career isn't for them now in college
16:34this might happen three years in when
16:36you're already like sixty thousand
16:38dollars in debt in a boot camp it might
16:40happen when you're already too far in to
16:42get a refund but the great thing about
16:43these Corsair asserts is if you take
16:45this ux design cert and you figure out
16:48you know in module three module 4 that
16:51you're not really interested in ux
16:52design anymore it's not really what you
16:54thought it was going to be then you can
16:56easily just move on to a different
16:58certificate so you don't like the ux
17:00design certificate you can move on to
17:01the it certificate or the data analytics
17:04certificate Etc so it makes it very easy
17:06for you to sort of sample different
17:08careers and see which one resonates with
17:10you the most whereas in college you
17:12spend the first two years taking either
17:14entry-level basic classes or classes
17:16that have little to nothing to do with
17:18your major and just teach you eclectic
17:20BS nonsense all the while colleges are
17:23profiting off of naive 18 and 19 year
17:25olds so I'd say that's actually one of
17:28the biggest value propositions of these
17:30certifications is the fact that you
17:32basically get to sample different
17:33careers and different skill sets and see
17:35which one is best for you see if maybe
17:37you're naturally talented at it or it's
17:39something that you really like and you
17:40get to do that in an incredibly
17:42efficient way where you're not risking
17:44that much time effort or money so
17:46overall I absolutely love these
17:47certificates generally speaking and when
17:49you look at it from a risk or reward
17:51perspective it's a no-brainer the value
17:53is very clearly there now one thing I
17:55will say that's incredibly valuable is
17:57the fact that they help you build build
17:59a portfolio and this is even more
18:01important when it comes to Art related
18:03careers so they have you do this applied
18:05learning project for instance and at the
18:07bottom here it says you'll even create a
18:09portfolio that includes three projects
18:11to share with potential employers to
18:13showcase the skills you learned in this
18:14program and you'll learn concrete skills
18:16that top employers are hiring for right
18:18now now on top of that it does cover the
18:21job search process a little bit it
18:23probably doesn't cover in as much detail
18:25as you'd want and it also covers the
18:27process of networking with people too
18:28and as this person says arcticus in
18:31addition to what other people say about
18:32having a killer portfolio don't forget
18:34to network and connect with people most
18:36people find jobs through referrals and I
18:38would agree especially when it comes to
18:40Art related careers now the next thing
18:42is earning a career related credential
18:44now this is something that you can put
18:46on your resume you can put it on your
18:48LinkedIn Etc and this is actually one of
18:50the cheat codes of getting these Google
18:52certifications and the reason for that
18:54is because recruiters and hiring
18:55managers will often find people through
18:57Linkedin through these certification and
18:59the coolest thing is you don't actually
19:01have to finish the certificate you can
19:03be in the process of taking it and
19:04update that on LinkedIn and there has
19:06been a ton of comments on my channel
19:08from people who have taken these
19:10certificates that have said that
19:11recruiters started reaching out to them
19:13the moment that they uploaded it to
19:15LinkedIn so that is another really good
19:16way of getting discovered now that's
19:18probably not going to do you any good if
19:20you don't have a good portfolio posted
19:22on your LinkedIn right so it kind of
19:24goes back to the portfolio again you
19:26have to have a good portfolio and then
19:27of course you also get access to the
19:29private job board as well that can
19:31definitely help but again you're gonna
19:33have to have a good portfolio if you
19:34want companies to actually give you a
19:36chance so overall I think pairing the
19:38Google certification to something else
19:40other types of training that is going to
19:42help you build a great portfolio and
19:44then also probably doing some networking
19:46as well because that's just kind of like
19:48a cheat code is going to help you
19:50tremendously and it will make it much
19:51more likely that you get a job I think
19:53this certification is a great place to
19:55start I do not think that most people
19:57are going to be able to get a job with
19:59just the certificate alone unless they
20:01already had a great portfolio and some
20:03experience so I think if you understand
20:04the overall value proposition of this
20:07certificate you're not going to be
20:08disappointed and at 39 a month this is a
20:11ridiculously good value so I have to
20:13give this one a 10 out of 10. so the
20:15overall score here when you add
20:17everything up is going to be 9.21 out of
20:2010. I really do love this certificate I
20:22think it's a much better alternative to
20:24going to college for most people I think
20:26it's better than most boot camps
20:28especially when you think about it from
20:29a value perspective but is it going to
20:31get you a job on its own of course not
20:34there's no art related career that
20:36you're going to get without having a
20:38awesome portfolio right you absolutely
20:40have to build up that portfolio they're
20:41not going to know what kind of work you
20:42do if you don't have a portfolio but
20:44like I said at 39 a month you're not
20:46risking much of your time effort or
20:48money to check this out so I highly
20:50recommend it especially if you're a
20:51beginner just to try it out there is a
20:53seven day free trial I'll put that down
20:54in the description as well as the pin
20:56comment below but this is going to get
20:57two big thumbs up for me I definitely
20:59want to hear your experience if you took
21:01the certificate yourself or if you see
21:03this video and you want to try that out
21:05come back later and leave a comment down
21:07below because I definitely want to hear
21:08your experience The Good the Bad and the
21:10Ugly and definitely check this video out
21:12right here where I go over the top five
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