Ask HN: 37 year old freelance UI designer, am I doomed?
I just wondered what your thoughts were about hiring a designer that's the wrong end of 30?
A little about me. I start learning design at 33, previously I'd been importing items from China and selling them on eBay. That never went particularly well and I keep going with it longer than I should have which was over a decade. In mid-2013 and I decided to enrol at an online university and study computer science. I found it incredibly boring so started learning to code. I actually enjoyed the visual aspect of building sites so doubled down on learning design for the next few months.
Fast forward to now in mid-2018 and I've been a UI designer for around 3.5 years and I love what I do. I've been 100% remote since I started and had to rely on my own non-existent marketing skills to find new projects. It's been pretty hard to say the least and a constant struggle to find projects.
I've got to the point where I think a full-time role will do a ton of good and would tick a lot of wants/needs in my life. I'm based in England but the dream would be to land a role in a nice city somewhere other than England. Europe would be cool but somewhere in North America would be the most exciting.
At my age is it likely any companies would take a chance on me?
Thanks for reading,
Marcus
http://designbymarcus.com
http://dribbble.com/designbymarcus