How is the UX mentorship program by Girinath Gokulavasan?
I attended his portfolio cracking session yesterday. He took a dig at Growth School’s program. The walkthrough of his mentee’s portfolio wasn’t a conventional one. It looked like the UX process was explained in detail. Although his agenda was to find mentees for his mentorship program, I wonder if it’s worth joining his cohort. I struggle with the UX process as I did it get to enough user study ans follow a process when it comes to design. I am kind of stuck between learning this by myself or join a mentorship program. I have an experience of 3.5 years in UX and I sometimes feel mentorship is too late for men.
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I want everyone who is thinking about joining Mr. Girinath’s UXED program to think over the fact that he doesn’t have a website to propagate and sell his course. WHY?
Because the course is not credible to be called as a practicing program. It is all chatGPT/AI generated content. He won’t tell you this when you show interest in joining his course. He won’t tell you this even after you have paid money to join the course.
Above all, he doesn’t give you any clarity in the portfolio and interview cracking sessions, of how he conducts the course and what are the actual contents of the course.
One of his mentees here says, he is a great mentor and that nobody has challenged his skills so far. Firstly I doubt that he is Mr. Girinath’s mentee. The way in which the so called mentee has replied, clearly tells me that most probably he is Girinath himself.
Please keep an eye out here, I will share everything about the UXED course. Not because it is an excellent course. But because I don’t think anybody must pay for a course that is simply generating deliverables using chatGPT/perplexity/copilot/deepseek. Even the questions you ask in a user interview during his program are all generated by using chatGPT/AI.
I attended his session today, he sounds very promising...probably just good at sales. I was pretty convinced to take it I need a mentor since I feel stuck in my current work and don't know how to climb up
@Pixel_Pusher Bro hpw are you doing now did you take any mentorship
Not yet man. I'm in a scenario which is very tricky.
I feel 1:1 guidance would work better for me instead of a cohort.
@BountifulGlance53 what sounds promising to you? Can you explain what is it that seems promising in his session? May be I can help you.
@Pixel_Pusher Let me first make it clear that the whole course and it’s execution is based on running AI prompts on ChatGPT, copilot and perplexity. The long and detailed project execution that you might have witnessed in the portfolio sessions are all filled with AI generated content.
Hey, Why don't you mention your name? I am Girinath Gokulavsan who conducted an interview cracking portfolio session. Please do feel free to reach me out in case of any feedback.
If at all you find any sources that teach UX execution which is evidence based on UCD principles and processes, I will be glad to make a specific post and acknowledge it from my side.
I am an industry practitioner and served in this industry for 30 years and I have been mentoring folks for 22 years.
If you seriously are Girinath, please grow up. Tell your mom to feed you Complan everyday.
Also eat your own shit rather spreading it across. Nobody is interested, and may that's why no industry leader has ever supported any of your claims or post. It's like you are singing your own composed song for yourself. That's how things look like.
Girinath Gokulavasan’s UX mentorship program explains the UX design process. This program is an advantage for those who are struggling with user Research and Design methods. His criticism of the program at Growth School will turn heads but underscores his commitment to actual learning.
One way you could avoid getting trapped in limbo is by taking advantage of enriching guidance and support from a mentorship if ever you feel stuck on your path within UX. With 3.5 years, it is not too late to be mentored, a lot of professionals do benefit from mentor support at different stages in their careers!
Gokulavasan's program may or not be for you so consider his advice in terms of how it aligns with your style and learning goals. If you want step-by-step support through the UX process it may be worth considering. But if you are into self-learning, then use online courses. In the end, pick what feels right for you and makes you a better UX designer.
I want to know as well