How to choose your first design gig: startup, corporate, or freelance? | by Alexis Collado | UX Collective

Coming from university or a UX career transition, you’ve spent time to perfect your portfolio and resume—what now? You scroll over job boards, take a look at openings from big tech companies, and gloss over a few design agencies you’ve come across at Behance. On the other hand, some of your friends are building a startup, and they need a designer on board. You’re the designer they want because they see you doing “UI/UX” stuff all the time. There are plenty of startups out there to join too. Jumping ahead to market yourself as a freelance designer doing consultancy work is also possible. What do you choose? Going the startup route is no joke. Whether you have a lot to lose or not, there’s nothing more exciting than a fast-paced dynamic environment where you have to wear multiple hats to get the job done. Doing design at a startup would mean you will take on a broad role. You don’t just do wireframes or UI design, you might even be doing marketing work, then planning your next UX researc

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