UX boot camps and trade schools are graduating hundreds of people (if not more) around the world monthly. It has created a flood of people on the market for junior jobs that mostly don’t exist. Grads expect a job that wants to keep training and mentoring them. Workplaces expect a well-trained worker, ready to hit the ground running solo on real projects.

Special guests Dmitry Nekrasovski in Canada and Jeff Russell in Colorado are two hiring managers who will give you their positive and negative perspectives of speedy UX training and certificate programs.