Frontend Developer
Build the interfaces people interact with every day.
Software Development
Beginner5–8 months
All careers
UI/UX Designer
Decide how a product should work before it gets built.
- Category
- Design & Product
- Difficulty
- Beginner friendly
- Estimated learning journey
- 5–9 months
- Demand
- Steady demand
Sign in to choose this path
We haven't written the roadmap for this path yet. You can still choose it — we'll record the direction — but there is nothing to follow here until it lands.
What is a UI/UX Designer?
A UI/UX designer works out what a product should do and how it should feel to use, then expresses that as flows, wireframes and interface designs. UX is the thinking — research, structure, and whether a flow makes sense at all. UI is the craft — layout, type, colour and interaction. It is the least code-heavy path in this catalog, but the most collaborative.
What do they build?
- User flows and wireframes
- High-fidelity interface designs
- Design systems and component libraries
- Interactive prototypes
- Research findings and usability tests
What will you learn?
A high-level preview of the areas this journey covers. Your detailed roadmap comes next.
- Design fundamentals: layout, type, colour, hierarchy
- A design tool such as Figma
- User research methods
- Information architecture
- Prototyping
- Accessibility
- Design systems
- Basic HTML and CSS
- Communicating and defending decisions
You may enjoy this if…
- You are interested in people as much as products
- You notice when something is confusing to use
- You enjoy visual craft and detail
- You can take critique without taking it personally
- You like collaborating across a team
What might be challenging
Worth knowing before you commit. Every path has these.
- Good work still gets rejected for business reasons
- You must justify decisions, not just present them
- Portfolios matter more than credentials, and take time
- Design and engineering constraints often conflict
- Junior roles are competitive
Related paths
Close enough that much of what you learn carries over.
Mobile App Developer
Build apps for the device in everyone's pocket.
Software Development
Beginner6–10 monthsRoadmap in progressQA / Test Engineer
Make sure software works before real users find out.
Software Development
Beginner5–8 monthsRoadmap in progress
Ready to explore this journey?
Choosing a path sets your direction. You can change it later — nothing here is permanent.