u/PossibleHappy2165

I’m 17 and supposed to start my first year of a Bachelor of Design program this September. My original plan was to focus heavily on UX/UI, interaction design and technology because I genuinely love design and tech.
This isn’t a career I discovered recently. I’ve been researching UX/design for around four years, and over time I’ve become increasingly uncomfortable with the job stability.
Everywhere I research, I see similar experiences: graduates struggling to find entry-level positions, people applying to hundreds of jobs, layoffs, experienced designers competing for junior positions, and employers caring significantly more about portfolios and experience than the degree itself.
I completely understand that people **do** successfully work in UX. I’m not saying UX is dead or that a design degree is useless. I also understand that Reddit naturally attracts people who are struggling and therefore isn’t necessarily representative of everyone in the industry.
My concern is more about risk. I’m starting to question whether I want to spend four years getting a degree for a profession where the degree itself isn’t required and doesn’t provide a particularly clear pathway into employment.
Because of that, I’m seriously considering switching to a BScN and becoming an RN instead. Nursing interests me as well, and I like that it’s a regulated profession where the degree leads to a specific professional qualification and currently has much stronger employment stability.
I wouldn’t necessarily abandon design. I’d probably continue learning UX/UI independently, maintain my portfolio and potentially explore health-tech, healthcare UX/product design or informatics later. I just wouldn’t be relying on UX as my only career option.
My immediate dilemma is that I’m already registered to start university this September. I’m considering completing one semester of Design while simultaneously completing the science prerequisites I need for Nursing, then transferring into a BScN program as early as January if I’m accepted.
Part of me feels strange walking away from something I’ve been interested in for years, especially because I genuinely love technology. But another part of me feels like I need to be realistic about what I want from a four-year degree and how much employment uncertainty I’m willing to accept.
**For people actually working in UX/product design right now: am I looking at the current market realistically, or am I overestimating how bad the long-term career prospects are?**
I’m especially interested in hearing from recent graduates/junior designers, experienced designers who’ve watched the market change, hiring managers, or people who left UX for a more stable profession.

I’m 17 and supposed to start my first year of a Bachelor of Design program this September. My original plan was to focus heavily on UX/UI, interaction design and technology because I genuinely love design and tech.
This isn’t a career I discovered recently. I’ve been researching UX/design for around four years, and over time I’ve become increasingly uncomfortable with the job stability.
Everywhere I research, I see similar experiences: graduates struggling to find entry-level positions, people applying to hundreds of jobs, layoffs, experienced designers competing for junior positions, and employers caring significantly more about portfolios and experience than the degree itself.
I completely understand that people do successfully work in UX. I’m not saying UX is dead or that a design degree is useless. I also understand that Reddit naturally attracts people who are struggling and therefore isn’t necessarily representative of everyone in the industry.
My concern is more about risk. I’m starting to question whether I want to spend four years getting a degree for a profession where the degree itself isn’t required and doesn’t provide a particularly clear pathway into employment.
Because of that, I’m seriously considering switching to a BScN and becoming an RN instead. Nursing interests me as well, and I like that it’s a regulated profession where the degree leads to a specific professional qualification and currently has much stronger employment stability.
I wouldn’t necessarily abandon design. I’d probably continue learning UX/UI independently, maintain my portfolio and potentially explore health-tech, healthcare UX/product design or informatics later. I just wouldn’t be relying on UX as my only career option.
My immediate dilemma is that I’m already registered to start university this September. I’m considering completing one semester of Design while simultaneously completing the science prerequisites I need for Nursing, then transferring into a BScN program as early as January if I’m accepted.
Part of me feels strange walking away from something I’ve been interested in for years, especially because I genuinely love technology. But another part of me feels like I need to be realistic about what I want from a four-year degree and how much employment uncertainty I’m willing to accept.
For people actually working in UX/product design right now: am I looking at the current market realistically, or am I overestimating how bad the long-term career prospects are?
I’m especially interested in hearing from recent graduates/junior designers, experienced designers who’ve watched the market change, hiring managers, or people who left UX for a more stable profession.

I’m 17 and supposed to start my first year of a Bachelor of Design program this September. My original plan was to focus heavily on UX/UI, interaction design and technology because I genuinely love design and tech.
This isn’t a career I discovered recently. I’ve been researching UX/design for around four years, and over time I’ve become increasingly uncomfortable with the job stability.
Everywhere I research, I see similar experiences: graduates struggling to find entry-level positions, people applying to hundreds of jobs, layoffs, experienced designers competing for junior positions, and employers caring significantly more about portfolios and experience than the degree itself.
I completely understand that people do successfully work in UX. I’m not saying UX is dead or that a design degree is useless. I also understand that Reddit naturally attracts people who are struggling and therefore isn’t necessarily representative of everyone in the industry.
My concern is more about risk. I’m starting to question whether I want to spend four years getting a degree for a profession where the degree itself isn’t required and doesn’t provide a particularly clear pathway into employment.
Because of that, I’m seriously considering switching to a BScN and becoming an RN instead. Nursing interests me as well, and I like that it’s a regulated profession where the degree leads to a specific professional qualification and currently has much stronger employment stability.
I wouldn’t necessarily abandon design. I’d probably continue learning UX/UI independently, maintain my portfolio and potentially explore health-tech, healthcare UX/product design or informatics later. I just wouldn’t be relying on UX as my only career option.
My immediate dilemma is that I’m already registered to start university this September. I’m considering completing one semester of Design while simultaneously completing the science prerequisites I need for Nursing, then transferring into a BScN program as early as January if I’m accepted.
Part of me feels strange walking away from something I’ve been interested in for years, especially because I genuinely love technology. But another part of me feels like I need to be realistic about what I want from a four-year degree and how much employment uncertainty I’m willing to accept.
For people actually working in UX/product design right now: am I looking at the current market realistically, or am I overestimating how bad the long-term career prospects are?
I’m especially interested in hearing from recent graduates/junior designers, experienced designers who’ve watched the market change, hiring managers, or people who left UX for a more stable profession.
Please be realistic rather than just telling me to “follow my passion.” I’m trying to make a decision I’ll still be comfortable with four years from now.

I just graduated high school and currently am about to start my Bachlors of design (UX/UI design) major program at university. This has been my career interest since 9th grade, but i am having a few doubts. I really wanna be successful and have a steady income. But I’m not sure what the hiring field is like, and I’ve always been hearing about ai taking over and etc etc. I don’t really know what to think anymore at this point.

Hi! I’m an incoming first-year student and I was wondering if York has any free dance studios or open spaces where for dancers/dance students can practice on their own.

Can someone explain what froshfest is and who goes and should I go and as someone who’s about to be in their first year at York.

Im honestly deeply disturbed and disgusted after a phone interaction I had today regarding concerns I raised about hiring experiences connected to Subway in a small Ontario town called Bradford.

For a long time now, many young adults and teenagers in the Ontario town Bradford have spoken about feeling constantly overlooked for job opportunities despite having qualifications, experience, because we are not of the “Indian Demographic”. Because of how often these concerns are discussed in the community, I recently decided to start respectfully speaking up about it and contacting some locations directly to ask questions about their hiring processes and express concerns regarding fairness and equal opportunity.

I also want to clarify that it’s not just one specific franchise or company this is happening in. It’s within multiple fast food franchises across this Ontario town and many many others. People constantly get rejected from these places while the same demographic continues getting hired over and over again, to the point where they’re hiring there family and friends at different locations OF that franchise. I’m sure you can guess which demographic it is.

After being encouraged to call and discuss my concerns further, I politely introduced myself and attempted to explain my experience. Instead, I was met with an extremely disgusting, rude, dismissive, and hostile person/“customer service” on the phone. The person I was speaking to couldn’t even speak proper English for one, he was so disrespectful completely disregarding anything that even came out of my mouth. Insulting me and asking me who I was “who are you, why do you care” also mocking me repeatedly. While I was politely asking if there was someone else that could attend to me, because I genuinely couldn’t understand a word that coming out his mouth other than his insults. He hung up on MID WAY while I was speaking.

I am genuinely shocked by how unprofessional and disgusting the customer service experience was, especially towards a young person who approached the conversation calmly and respectfully. The interaction left me feeling completely disrespected and honestly very disturbed.

This post is not about attacking anyone personally. It’s about bringing awareness to the fact that many young people feel discouraged, ignored, or unwelcome when trying to seek employment opportunities or speak up about concerns respectfully.

This interaction occurred after I contacted a Subway representative/customer service contact regarding concerns I had raised. The number that this occurred with:+1 416 830 1732