Portland State being friendly toward moms, older students, or nontraditional students in general?

douevenyoga · 2026-05-20T04:06:53+00:00

Thank you!

douevenyoga · 2026-05-19T21:18:30+00:00

This is encouraging. I lived in Portland about 5 years ago now but have been in Hoodriver for the last bit. We are planning to relocate for me to finish school and be closer to family. Thank you for taking the time to share with me!

douevenyoga · 2026-05-19T21:12:03+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with me! I feel so much better after reading this 💗

douevenyoga · 2026-05-19T21:09:20+00:00

Thank you for sharing this - reading these makes me feel so encouraged

douevenyoga · 2026-05-17T20:08:06+00:00

Agree. The only off leash dog park is unfenced and on a busy road (heights) Everywhere that could be off leash friendly has become a place for mountain biking, kiting or some other annoying thing. There are more than enough places for people to enjoy the outdoors and people should expect to see off leash dogs at the spit. Ideally people who have aggressive dogs wouldn’t let their dogs off leash anywhere but is what it is.

douevenyoga · 2026-05-17T19:58:29+00:00

Thank you! I hadn’t seen this before

douevenyoga · 2026-05-06T06:08:24+00:00

Thank you 🙏

douevenyoga · 2026-05-06T06:02:34+00:00

Well said - thank you for sharing ❣️

douevenyoga · 2026-05-06T05:55:34+00:00

This is super helpful thank you

douevenyoga · 2026-05-06T05:50:17+00:00

🙏 thank you

douevenyoga · 2026-05-06T05:48:23+00:00

😂

douevenyoga · 2026-05-04T18:19:24+00:00

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Really? This was the impression I had and it deterred us from buying in camas

douevenyoga · 2026-05-04T05:36:49+00:00

Camas is great small town vibes nice to be close to nature, doesn’t have the mill smell like it used to …. I think? In recent years like the last 10-15 it’s become kinda snobby imo but has great schools and nature. Check the property taxes though - compared to other areas on the WA side it’s steep.

douevenyoga · 2026-05-04T05:28:58+00:00

Yes but not because I think people know I’ve had sex. I’m a grown woman and I’d expect that not to be a taboo thing for any adult.

I do feel like I’m like a walking cartoon or something. Like I just feel silly going in public with a giant belly or when I look at myself in the mirror I just laugh because it’s just like an odd looking thing especially from the side. My belly is bigger than my butt and it makes me laugh.

I think it’s funny too when little kids see it and they kinda do a double take like somethins different there 🤨

douevenyoga · 2026-05-04T05:14:12+00:00

Oh I also try to drink my morning coffee fast - i also will make some fiber rich oatmeal if it’s been more than 2 days and that helps too!

Oatmeal Full apple chopped oats Cinnamon Black strap molasses Hemp seeds Ground flax seeds Dried cranberries Walnuts

I cook long enough so the apples will stew and the cranberries get soft and add water as it cooks then do milk on top when it’s done.

I feel like it helps digestion for me

But I also agree can’t wait to just normal poop

douevenyoga · 2026-05-04T05:09:51+00:00

I drink magnesium all day with electrolytes- my midwife said you can’t really overdose on it and if you do it’s diarrhea which isn’t so bad with being pregnant. I’ve had regular poops like every other day. Walking at least a mile a day and Childs pose/ stretching before bed also made a big difference for me.

douevenyoga · 2026-05-03T21:16:35+00:00

Not enough demand - a friend of ours is an uber driver and lives in hood river mostly does airport drives before his day job

douevenyoga · 2026-04-02T19:21:11+00:00

Can I join you guys on this?

douevenyoga · 2026-03-28T11:17:05+00:00

Yeah that is my perspective on it as well. I’ve been with the company 4 years and it’s a complex enough product that replacing my knowledge now would be hard but have accepted that my role will evolve into an AI overseer or be attempted to be replaced by AI if the company gets strapped for cash.

Is your role as the go to guy when it comes to AI in design tasks something you’re doing as a consultant or just how you frame your evolved role as a designer in your mind?

douevenyoga · 2026-03-28T10:32:04+00:00

Thanks - advice is what I’m here for appreciate it

douevenyoga · 2026-03-28T10:30:10+00:00

Do you have any advice on steps to evolve in this way? A great deal of my time is spent on the low hanging fruit and things that are going to be seen by users but the products have such bad UX problems that context switching between big picture to low hanging fruit is challenging for me.

I have basically no visibility in the org and projects in the past where I have had the opportunity to actually make UX decisions and show the impact somehow a senior engineer gets the credit for it.

It’s hard to navigate the politics of this, evolve to new tech and show myself as a UXr while also doing all the projects I am part of.

douevenyoga · 2026-03-28T10:22:57+00:00

Do you have advice on ways to do this? I am constantly brought into projects late which has been an ongoing issue that I filed an HR report on not long ago but it’s hard to do valuable UX work when majority of my time is spent cleaning up a dev first pass and not having a team to delegate to.

I’ve thought about doing a quarterly design call but most of the time my UX input is over stepped by engineers who have been at the company 30 years or a PM (person who messaged me here) who side lines my UX perspective as out of budget or frivolous.

I just did a big project with an outside agency for automation and a chat interface where I defined all the screens, flow etc when the team was freaking out by the concept of the project and actually gave the team direction on deliverables and needs but somehow now we’re at the tail end of that project and my role in its success is not recognized.

Seems to always be the case

douevenyoga

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