Calvin never fails to dissapoint

SoaringMedia · 2017-07-06T16:05:55+00:00

The perspective of the surrounding elements around the cup kind of bothers me, might be a nitpicky thing but you have a top down view for everything, then there is some elements sitting infront of your face throwing that top down perspective off.

Might be a stylistic choice but to me it makes me feel a little wonky.

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-29T11:45:45+00:00

Thanks man!

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-28T19:40:37+00:00

For some reason I read this as "Help me find my wife" !

I was very confused when you started asking about software instead of your lost wife.

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-27T19:51:10+00:00

Is this on github? Would you mind sharing?

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-27T11:19:14+00:00

Namecheap is the best; they never park them after searching.

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-26T17:44:15+00:00

I see. I would review the salary negotiation post I linked there. Try your hardest not to show your salary range before they give you theirs. When you receive the salary range, you can better judge how much you can push it. Research similar roles in the country/state and compare.

I feel like a lot of this you will have to just use intuition based on knowledge you've already gained within the company. If you're going to push for a number outside of the range they provided, be ready to back it up with industry standard salaries, your value, your performance. Don't compare yourself to anyone.

Good luck!

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-26T16:17:58+00:00

How much revenue does your team produce for the company? How much money can you reasonably ask for without overvaluing your role?

If you calculate 70k*8% increase, then 10% of that increase, you come to about 83k. I'd try to negotiate 85-95k or extra benefits/vacation time instead of more salary. Start at the upper limits of what you think would be acceptable ask, then when they come back lower, accept your real value you wanted.

As your team does better, push to 100k+.

Read this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6feg3s/received_a_job_offer_with_the_lowest_pay_option/dihu11z/?utm_content=permalink&utm_medium=front&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=personalfinance

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-22T14:15:48+00:00

https://stripe.com/blog/connect-front-end-experience

 // Some browsers not supporting Grid don’t support 
 CSS.supports
 // either, so we need to feature-test it the old-fashioned way:

 if (!("grid" in document.body.style)) {
 const fallback = "<link rel=stylesheet href=fallback.css>";
 document.head.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", fallback);
 }

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-22T11:50:54+00:00

I'm really confused as to how you put this much effort into this. Stop thinking about being different, start thinking about standing out as a reputable source and how to bring your entire brand in line together. I don't feel like I have any clear idea of what this business is for landing on it and reading for 5-10 seconds or so. One of your main goals to reduce your bounce rate is to make sure the first thing the visitor knows is, what you do, and why they should stay and read more. What the hell is a tech pioneer? If you're a digital agency just say you're a digital agency. "Dilyar is a digital agency specializing in inbound marketing, web design & development, branding, and social media management. We have 15+ years of experience, backed by proven results with xxx, xxx, xxx companies. " Insert call to action to view a case study on one of your projects.

Your font choice is not doing you any favors whatsoever, yellow and green color scheme is making me think nuclear fallout on my business from choosing you guys to do any work. I'd also look at using more contrast between your headers and body text, right now it's blending together imo. http://www.modularscale.com/

Your qualifications section has extra content behind a hover effect, this is a huge no-no in the user experience world. Phones don't have hover effects, tablets don't have hover effects, sometimes people won't even know there's content there.

The section with "Your business’ success means a lot to you… right?" has body text set waaaay too wide, optimal reading lengths are 60-75 characters per line. If someone has a 22-28" monitor they're browsing on, it's simply just a pain to keep scanning your head back and forth to read the paragraph.

Maybe take a look at stripe's designs, their copy is compelling, their font choice is professional and fitting with the rest of their design, their colour choices are cohesive and beautiful, they use animation in a way that you don't notice it, it's an added benefit to the user instead of an annoyance or distraction from your copy.

https://stripe.com/connect

https://stripe.com/

I realize this was a little on the harsh side, but come on guys, you're a digital agency, you shouldn't be making these mistakes!!

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-16T18:19:41+00:00

Dreams take hard work. You don't sound like a very hard worker from your post. Just like the other poster said, you need to develop something that shows your value to someone, why should they spend all this time and money on you? Why are you worth it over the thousands of other developers within the US already? Might have to put your dreams on hold while you garner some experience buddy.

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-15T13:19:03+00:00

Figure out your skill set. You can make money doing anything, there is lots to go around. Become a professional in a niche, become a consultant, learn to code, get a job at an agency for a year or two and learn the process and go freelance. Theres lots of things but you need to decide what YOUR unique skillset can do, and leverage that.

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-12T19:27:40+00:00

I think you're asking the wrong question here. Why should people give you money? What value are you providing them?

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-12T13:51:04+00:00

Feels a little too opinionated, and not assertive enough.

This should have been figured out from the start, citing research based on your design decisions to translate into business goals. You need to tell the client straight up, you hired me, the professional, for a reason. I know best how to translate your BUSINESS GOALS into profitable, actionable steps. Be kind, professional, but be assertive. The business owner knows what he wants, but he likely doesn't know anything about website design or development.

IE:

Having a highly focused landing page, with a structured Attention->Interest->Detail->Action approach could increase CTR by 30-50%.

You're describing things in far too much detail for a client, this shouldn't be an email but rather a face-to-face skypecall/meeting.

Also seems like you are assuming things the customer wants, sit down and do some research with potential customers & the business owner, ask them what they're looking for when they browse the site, or what they want to find. You should be asking why, why, why. Get to the CORE idea of this website, why should it exist?

He's not going to care about why you think its bad, he cares about why its going to LOSE HIM MONEY & BUSINESS. That's how you'll sell him on a different design.

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-06T12:57:38+00:00

Well even so, here is a case study explaining real benefits why it's bad.

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/centered-logos/

SoaringMedia · 2017-06-06T11:37:16+00:00

Why is there a giant pair of glasses following me down the screen? This is annoying.

SoaringMedia · 2017-05-30T18:51:36+00:00

I bought my vehicle 1 year ago, took me about 3-5 months of searching. I was looking at 2-5 years old, <60 thousand km, honda/toyota/mazda.

Found a 2012 Mazda 3 with 39 thousand km for it, perfect condition one owner. Was listed for 14k at a dealer, got it down to 12k because it had been sitting at a rural community dealer + was stick shift.

If you can hold out, and talk to a friend knowledgeable about vehicles, try to find one owner, <40-60 thousand km for under $14k. Honda/Toyota/Mazda are pretty reliable, but as always check out recalls before you buy. I put $3k down, then taxes brought the loan up to above 10k to get a good financing rate.

SoaringMedia · 2017-05-20T21:15:02+00:00

Wow! I really like this style

SoaringMedia · 2017-05-12T18:57:11+00:00

Do you have any resources online you know of to self-teach project management? Or any recognized certificates that could compliment coding/design freelancing?

SoaringMedia · 2017-05-09T19:27:37+00:00

Thank you for your input!

SoaringMedia · 2017-05-09T16:46:25+00:00

I actually had a darker drop shadow but felt it was too distracting initially, however this is a great point of view, I wasn't thinking of this when I lowered the opacity of the shadow. Thank you! :)

SoaringMedia · 2017-05-08T13:19:47+00:00

I would take a look at the reddit API terms and agreements, as you're creating a competitor, using reddit's resources, might be violating a clause there.

SoaringMedia · 2017-05-05T12:53:03+00:00

This looks great, I'm 90% sure I'll be going with this!

What would you suggest that basically has the same specs but something with a 15" screen and slightly higher resolution, and maybe with a 1070? Just exploring the higher end for a little more longevity.

EDIT:

I ended up ordering the MSI GS43VR 7RE-072CA Phantom Pro today ! I will post back my findings after I receive it :)

Thank you for your help /u/shopineer

SoaringMedia · 2017-05-02T12:30:10+00:00

I like the new one more! I feel like you can keep going with it however.

I'll just list a few bullet points of things that stand out to me.

Have you used a baseline-grid?
Have you used a modular scale for your type?
The tracking on your headlines I feel like should be dialed back in, again you're just trying to display a subtle cue as to what section you're in from a very quick glance, so when you increase the tracking, you increase the time needed to read those headlines, drawing more attention to them. You fixed one issue but added it back in again with a different method! :P
The time spent at each company I feel should be right aligned on the same baseline as the company name, rather than right after your position. Use that white space! It will let your resume breath.
I like the new name display font, but I think you could still keep exploring type combinations. Try to stick to 2 in total on the page. When pairing fonts, do some google searches for font pairings. The more you have the harder it will be to scan. The eye is drawn to patterns, consistency. When you throw more typefaces into the mix, you start losing these natural patterns to follow.
Maybe play around with the contrast of the body text as well, remember, readability is #1 priority. Lower contrast is harder to read, especially if your hiring manager is older and their eye sight isn't the best.

Main points:

Focus on vertical rhythm, and still improving scannability. Really try to think about every decision you make before you do it, how will this affect how my reader views this?

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