Hackathons are a great, albeit intense way of gaining practical experience with designing solutions. What’s great about them is that you’re basically thrown into a just-assembled team and you get to explore collaborative work and have a “demo” on how working in a real-world team looks like.
Keep an eye on online hackathons or other design events in your area and jump on the next opportunity you spot!
https://www.eventbrite.com/d/online/ux-hackathon/
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