I am a CS graduate but I want to become a UI/UX/web designer instead of a programmer. How should I proceed in order to get a job as a designer?

html, css, javascript, jquery, photoshop, dreamweaver :) and yes visit w3schools. best thing!

Web designing is pretty easy to learn and there are a lot of resources available for learning the same. To get started you can go with http://w3schools.com You need to learn : - html - css - javascript - some photoshop skills before you start learning, keep an idea in mind for designing a website e.g. website for abc restaurant or xyz school

To get hired as a UX/UI designer, it will ultimately come down to what's in your portfolio. Here's how you could get started on that path. Learn the following: UX research methodologies Wireframing, prototyping Adobe Photoshop and/or Illustrator (or Sketch) Web and mobile design OPTIONAL: HTML/CSS (It's worth mentioning that as a digital designer, your work will be implemented into code. If you know the platform in which you're designing for, you'll make your life and the lives of your teammates much easier.) I would recommend any of the following online platforms: Lynda - http://lynda.com/ (paid) Treehouse - http://teamtreehouse.com/ (paid) Google online tutorials and articles (free) Once you feel comfortable having gone through and learned the basics, you must then immerse yourself in the world of design. This is how you'll get experience — from diving right into projects/clients, and designing day in and day out. You should be living and breathing design: It's normal to have high expectations when you begin, then realize it's harder or you're not as good as you thought you would be. Don't get discouraged -- this is normal. It will take many iterations of doing. This is how design gets better and optimized. Create a list of designers that you admire and follow them. Copy their work -- then throw it away. Pick up on the small details they put in, and walk away with new learnings and insights. Connect and engage with your local UX + UI design communities. Join meetups around town and network with other designers who are in a position that you aspire to. Find a mentor you look up to, and hop on a call with them, or grab a coffee if you're nearby. Seek out constant feedback in direction and career advice. Ask them the path they took and how they broke into the industry. Reach out to designers on Twitter and tweet to them. Be inspired daily by impressive work from other designers. Make a habit of reading https://news.layervault.com/ in the morning, and install https://usepanda.com/. Keep working on building up your portfolio with real-world projects. These are the ones that get your foot into the door of future interviews, and will give you actual confidence when you are presenting your work.

UX is not the same as UI. Most UXers don't touch code or Photoshop and work with specialists that do, simply because it's a different mindset. Implementing something is a completely different task to working with users and businesses to define how a product works. Some UX projects may not even involve UI design. UI and Web Design are more at the implementation stage. Once the functionality has been agreed upon and functionality put in place then the UI design can be worked upon. If I had my way the use of UX/UI would be banned. So if you want to do UI for web then learn how to code HTML/CSS/JS and master graphic design and Photoshop. If you want to do UX then the skills include user research, information architecture, content strategy and service design.

Just start designing and making websites. You can make one or two for free if you need to, but I've found that it's pretty easy to find people who will be willing to pay for a website. As for things you should know, you should try to learn some basic graphic design stuff probably using Illustrator and Photoshop, although Sketch is a new but very popular design tool. Learn how to make wireframes and mockup a and actually make them into real sites. Knowing any if these technologies is a big plus in the web industry: Sass/compass, jQuery, responsive design, web frameworks like bootstrap or foundation and Git. My personal favorite places to learn from are Codrops and Treehouse. Treehouse has a fee, but you'll learn at least the basics of everything you need to get you going from there.

Get a job at a small startup without a designer as a front-end engineer, you will end up designing whether you want to or not. Then in your next job it will be easy to say your a designer.