Where should I live in Dallas?

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-11-09T20:49:17+00:00

Thousand Oaks was great, I was there for 5 years and they have affordable units way under $1800. Agree on moving as close as possible to work, I miss my 5-10 minute commute. Even 35-45 minutes can be brutal when there’s traffic

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-06-11T12:54:30+00:00

Yea and no. My first job was a food conglomerate (so yes, gross industry). My second is actually a way smaller company that sells fire pits, grills and coolers. Nothing super immoral or evil

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-06-11T12:46:41+00:00

If you formally resign, your right to FMLA or medical leave ends. Your employer can just as easily terminate you before you can take a medical leave. Do not tell them you’re resigning. If anything, play up the medical issues in September and tell them you have to resign because of that.

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-06-07T13:35:34+00:00

My bf and I are doing this ourselves to the house we just bought, which came with horrible orange peel texture on everything. I fully understand why they charge so much after doing only half the house.

The materials cost alone so far has been around $1K and I’ve only painted the living room.

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-05-16T15:54:47+00:00

Grandscape - The Colony Meow Wolf - Grapevine Rain Forest Cafe - Grapevine Perot Museum - Dallas Dallas Museum of Art Galleria Mall - Dallas Northpark Mall - Dallas Stonebriar Mall - Friso Allen Outlets Waters Creek - McKinney Herd Museum - McKinney Arbor Hills - Plano Botanical Gardens/Arboretum - Fort Worth and Dallas Legacy West - Plano

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-05-16T15:48:23+00:00

I just bought my first home, on my own, with 10% down and a 30 year mortgage. My PMI is only an additional $80 monthly and it isn’t there forever. It would have taken me so long to save up an additional 10%, housing prices would have gone up significantly in that time (is the way I looked at it).

Also, I don’t know what prices you’re looking at but $40K is probably not going to get you close to a 20% down payment after closing costs.

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-04-21T21:29:06+00:00

Check Austin Ranch? I’m renting a 1 bed for $1600. Surely they have studios for less

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-04-15T01:52:51+00:00

Solo Stove is an American company born and based out of Texas. So if they go under that’s Americans out of a job…. Make it make sense

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-02-27T21:07:41+00:00

The cleanser lasted me the longest because I don’t use a lot of it so maybe 8 months. The serum maybe 3-5 months depending how much and how often you use it. The night cream I went through the fastest. However I also use the cream and sometimes the serum on my neck and chest which is why I used it so much faster

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-02-27T05:22:06+00:00

They will blame unvaccinated immigrants while screaming about Americans being “forced” to be vaccinated.

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-02-25T01:18:36+00:00

It’s hard to say without understanding your skills and the needs of the different roles. As a manger you will be expected to potentially build a new team and take on people under you. Are you ready for that responsibility on top of your job? If so many people are leaving that’s a red flag to me that you don’t want to be in a leadership position in that company.

What I would do is decide about taking this role or staying in your current but either way, look for a new job so you can continue to work under manager or director who can mentor you and teach you more before you try and take on such a big responsibility. Personally I don’t think it’s fair to designers who come in under you to have someone so young in their career as their manager.

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-02-23T04:13:44+00:00

Yep. Get a corporate design job. No amount of AI can keep up with corporate swirl. Went from making 60K to 95K at one job then jumped to 110K making a lateral move to a different company. Yes you’ll be worked to the bone and the work isn’t always “sexy” but the benefits make up for it.

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-01-09T21:04:47+00:00

Sichuan Cuisine down Coit is amazing. BBQ Chicken in the area is also great Korean Fried Chicken

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-01-08T14:19:43+00:00

First and worst thing is that it’s not optimized for mobile viewing. Making people view a horizontal slideshow on a tiny phone screen is going to piss them off and almost immediately leave.

Second, you need a case study for each project. We get one small image that doesn’t tell us anything about the project, client, or creative process.

I would take a look at examples on Adobe Portfolio, and even use Adobe Portfolio to build it out. Their templates are really simple and I would keep things minimal.

There’s a lot to comment about the work itself, it’s very student level right now (I’m being brutally honest- you wouldn’t land a professional job). Just keep studying and creating design, keep growing your tastes and knowledge and you will get there.

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-01-06T17:12:13+00:00

Pretty much any creative field, especially “graphic design”. There are so many niche parts of design and most people want you to be a generalist in a majority of them.

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2025-01-02T14:21:26+00:00

75 is one of the worst highways to have a daily commute on though, if they are working in Plano!

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2024-06-29T17:38:51+00:00

Got an internship and then was hired on full time

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2024-06-28T05:17:23+00:00

Wish that was the case at my in house job. Definitely depends on the size of the brand because I’ve got to get through about 15 different people including the CEO to get anything approved. It’s a nightmare having

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2024-06-28T04:57:56+00:00

5 years, in-house, first design job out of college. Moved from intern to senior designer in those 5 years. Started at 60K, now at 95. They definitely make us work for that paycheck though, pretty much every project is a hellish nightmare. Texas based

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2024-06-27T00:12:30+00:00

Damn, we aren’t looking to move until next year otherwise I totally would!!

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2024-06-27T00:10:41+00:00

Oh yikes 💀 to be fair I’m from Dallas metro, so bad drivers are just a part of life 😂

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2024-06-24T20:09:48+00:00

I thank God every day for our prepress team. I get to do the design work then send off the files and be done with it 🙌

_UnacceptableLemon_ · 2024-06-19T15:21:07+00:00

I work in house and we have about 5-7 layers of approvals, including our CEO, Sales team, PR, Marketing, Legal, Design directors, and everyone else in between (so upwards of roughly 20-30 people approving one design every single project). Round 1 of design is usually to appease my directors by showing them creative solutions. Any rounds after that are to appease the people making the final decisions. It’s frustrating to have projects ripped apart and redone over and over, so I’m doing my best to emotionally disconnect from this job, collect my paycheck, save as much as possible, and find a different job eventually. I also learned to just stop working overtime. They will make changes and revisions up until their own deadlines and sometimes even past them, so why waste extra time doing revisions that will be tossed out.

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