I am a student of Software Engineering (mainly focusing on Requirements Engineering). I am a beginner in the field of UX. There already are a few questions on this forum regarding books etc. Still, I feel my question is a little different:
What qualifications are required to be a UX Professional/ Interaction Designer? What tools do you need to know? What can you do on your own to be proficient in this field? Because I don't have any formal training in this field and I can only learn things on my own.
Answer
The "qualifications" are an ability to talk the talk and get the jobs done. Read the material, learn the practices, and get on with it. The tools very much depend on the specific area you want to be involved in.
For example, some UX people are actually UI/graphic designers, and so know and use the image making tools. That is one way in, and a perfectly valid approach. Others (like me) are software developers, using .Net tools, javascript etc. That is also an appropriate route. It depends on where you real skills lie, and how you can extend them into UX.
I have had an involvement with it simply because I am doing a PhD in the subject, because I wanted to explore deeper into the topic. That might be a little OTT.
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