Do I Need a Master’s in User Experience?

In the course of my UX designer career when I mentor junior designers on trydesignlab.com or share designs on my Instagram profile @uiuxdesigns, the one question I’m asked most frequently is: “Do I need a Master’s degree in UX?”

Like many other UX designers, I did my undergraduate degree in Graphic Design a while ago. Graphic Design classes taught me about colors and fonts, as well as how to arrange elements such as images and blocks of text within layouts in printed materials. These principles are pretty much the same for the digital world. The difference…