Career change to UX design and feeling overwhelmed
I know I know. The demand for jobs is simply more than is available. But I've thought about this and I really am certain I want to make the move to UX design. I'm a highly creative person, passionate about psychology and user experience and have been working in management consulting for 5 years so have a robust understanding business strategy. I have zero design experience apart from being a natural talent in art/sketching/painting. I studied information systems and business but that was years ago and things have changed so much in the world of AI.
Does anyone have any advice on how to approach building a portfolio from scratch? I started off with figma but am realising that there is a lot of buzz that designers should be incorporating AI tools like Claude and Cursor into their stack. Is it even worth learning/designing in figma first? Or should I straight up vibe code my portfolio with tools like Loveable or Bolt. Any advice is appreciated. I really want to work in this space and I know that a killer portfolio is the way there!