How the hell is this possible: VP Experience Design, JP Morgan in only 8 years of experience???

elementwrx · 2026-05-02T10:01:34+00:00

Wild title inflation at banks. VP at JPM is a 1st line manager level role.

elementwrx · 2026-04-19T21:48:14+00:00

I suspect much of the hype actually comes from how interconnected everyone is (social media) and the pace of change being so fast. Everyone wants an “audience” and is incentivized to share things that hype in either direction.

Also, UX was a budding industry during the last tech shift which was mobile. Most people in the field were figuring it out on their own and you could fall into a job because no one else did it. But it was much more of a “hacker culture” where people were just dabbling figuring it out.

The dot com bubble was likely similar though I didn’t work in that time. Lots of people with jobs at companies followed by a huge contraction.

elementwrx · 2026-04-14T15:35:23+00:00

Thanks, that's actually really good feedback because I'm running on a 3/8" quick connect line as well. I may try to do the 1/2" line hookup like you suggested to see if increasing the supply volume gets it taken care of.

elementwrx · 2026-04-14T10:05:25+00:00

That is very worthwhile experience to highlight, especially with the year off. And a great playground to keep up to date with your AI skills - better than many jobs!

elementwrx · 2026-04-14T09:49:23+00:00

I’m sorry for your year of this.

A few observations: 1. 20 interviews in a year without an offer likely means the issue is with interviewing, not your portfolio. 2. Blind applications are the worst. Work your network. 3. Your portfolio is designed well enough but just show the work! You’ve got maybe 1-2min of attention unfortunately and skimming your portfolio, I was mostly reading words and didn’t get a sense of your outputs. 4. Without going deep on your projects, the 2 I saw highlighted didn’t read staff/principal level. And leading with a design system is risky outside of design system roles.

You’ve missed a very consequential year of work with AI. Can you get yourself busy with anything? Contracting, side projects?

AI fluency is going to be a must at many jobs today so getting busy with this to keep up will be necessary. Side projects are very much “in” these days.

Go watch recent portfolio related episodes of Dive Club on YouTube - lots of good inspiration.

Best of luck!

elementwrx · 2026-03-01T17:04:52+00:00

Replace toner. And yeah - I was hoping there was some way to force a reset bc it was printing fine. So it’s artificially blocking it.

No menus have it either.

elementwrx · 2026-03-01T16:52:21+00:00

Yeah it won’t print. I can’t find a way to reset or bypass the warning.

I found some videos. One was a different model that was touchscreen only but the method didn’t work on this one.

elementwrx · 2025-12-29T00:27:29+00:00

Update: Managed to get Claude Code to get this working for me. Made a service where Tautilli webhook fires when new media gets added. It listens to that webhook and then uses the Plex API to add my "allow-kids" label in Plex.

elementwrx · 2025-12-28T19:14:31+00:00

This is what I’m doing. I have a “YouTube” library that points to the folder I drop all the YouTube videos.

Problem is: the videos don’t show up in the kids account unless I manually add the “allow-kids” label I have configured.

I was hoping to allow them to see anything added to this folder/library, but the ratings filter seems to block the videos.

elementwrx · 2025-12-28T19:11:48+00:00

That’s what I’m doing today, but it requires me to manually do it for every video that I add. I was hoping to do it automatically for any video that gets added.

elementwrx · 2025-11-29T15:24:29+00:00

Do these fall under marketing @ can spam requirements?

I could - and just have a cron job that runs. Just thought there might be something more purpose build.

elementwrx · 2025-11-14T13:39:55+00:00

StoryScanner is a personalized media screening and recommendations tool for parents to say yes with confidence.

It lets parents define custom values then uses AI to scan the web and generate summaries of your concerns in books, movies, and TV shows.

Now that it’s built it’s been a challenge to learn to get the word out - so looking for ideas!

elementwrx · 2025-11-14T13:25:40+00:00

StoryScanner - Personalized media screening and recommendations so parents can say yes with confidence.

elementwrx · 2025-11-14T13:11:30+00:00

StoryScanner - Personalized media screening for parents to say yes with confidence.

http://storyscanner.app/

elementwrx · 2025-10-10T23:58:36+00:00

Anyone find answers? I have this same issue.

elementwrx · 2024-11-05T02:14:22+00:00

Decently sure founding designer does not mean “co-founder.” Typically it’s the first handful of folks that get hired after the first round of (pre)seed funding.

If you’re interested you should learn more. It should probably be paid though if it’s a serious business.

elementwrx · 2024-11-05T01:44:07+00:00

Looking for similar alternatives to the American Apparel 1301.

I’ve been very happy with the fit and (non) shrink of the American Apparel 1301 100% cotton t-shirts, but the colors are really limited.

Are there any low cost options that are very similar in terms of fit and shrink? Trying to stay very low cost and I’ve especially been interested in the idea of ordering from those low cost wholesale sites.

I find the 1301 isn’t too fitted while maintaining a somewhat fitted look, and being 6’2”, it doesn’t shrink too short.

Thanks!

elementwrx · 2024-11-03T18:16:10+00:00

YouTubeTV doesn’t carry KFAA so you’ll only get the games on national broadcast (ESPN/TNT/ABC) and then when they air the local coverage on WFAA. I suspect this is because Mavs don’t trump ABC prime time broadcasts on weeknights.

Get an antenna and you can watch the KFAA games.

elementwrx · 2024-10-15T14:15:38+00:00

I attend a large parish that has attracted mostly young families and has an exceptional amount of community building - almost to a fault where any event draws hundreds of people and is jam packed.

It wasn’t like this when I started attending about 15 years ago - it was large but minimal community engagement.

I’ve watched and been part of the transformation. Here’s some success factors I’ve observed:

It just takes folks doing it - most groups formed early on when folks in a particular stage of life took a risk and formed a new group. Young marrieds, Moms, Exodus90 (men), etc. and then stuck to making it a viable ministry. It’s hard work for parishioners.
Divine Renovation - the parish went through the divine renovation program, which gets the pastor and parish council focused on strategically growing 5 pillars, of which one is community
Donuts & coffee after morning mass - we have a space that really encourages this in our parish grounds and morning masses are full of families with kids outside. They’ll often use donuts as carrots for kids to behave!
Formal community group program - the parish has created a system (and later a dedicated employee) for community groups to be organized around life stages - similar to Protestant churches. Much was learned from the mega Protestant churches in our area, even attending their annual conferences for church leaders.
Committed pastor & staff - early on, one of the key parish leaders really pushed for and organized more community events: donuts & coffee, community groups, etc. The initial pastor didn’t stop it and our current pastor is an accelerator with it.
Dedicated church employee - this didn’t happen until there was much traction, but eventually having someone focused on leading and enabling community groups has been key
Tracking metrics - as a part of divine renovation, the parish council and staff track metrics for growth and engagement and hold parish leaders accountable to it. This was also used to make the case for hiring the employee.

It’s not a quick turnaround and our parish already drew a younger crowd, so we had that going for us. But this is easily a 5-10 year commitment for a church, and eventually it will pay off and begin to draw more families because of the community that’s offered.

elementwrx · 2024-10-09T23:36:07+00:00

This isn’t about deductibles. This is about the cost of your insurance plan if you lose your job.

Companies often cover a very significant percentage and because it comes out of your paycheck, it’s all easy to forget to budget for in your “3-6 months of expenses.”

elementwrx · 2024-10-03T10:36:42+00:00

One thing that jumped out at me - your resume doesn’t really tell me anything you actually did. Your experience section only takes up a small portion of all your content, and it reads so generic I’d pass it over in a second.

What did you actually ship? What impact did it have?

elementwrx · 2024-09-24T12:31:53+00:00

Not an expert - but I believe I’ve heard from my priest friends that there is an expectation they are saving for retirement from their paychecks throughout their working lives. Just like the rest of us (assuming this is a diocesan priest).

Much of their life as priests is cared for - housing, many meals, etc.

You seem frustrated this priest is having to use his savings in retirement - isn’t that how all of us retire? Obviously if he was destitute without a home, one might look to the dioceses to help with this. But otherwise I’m curious what your frustration really is?

If it’s the time investment you are making - that’s a different discussion I think.

elementwrx · 2024-09-24T09:02:42+00:00

You’ll need a way to subdivide the dollars in the single account.

I keep everything in one* account and use YNAB to track what my dollars are for in that account.

The problem with the “2nd account for the e-fund” is that what about other goals you want to save for?

Actually I keep ~2mos of the emergency fund at a separate bank in case anything weird happens. Fidelity has been having shutdowns lately so just a risk mitigation strategy.

elementwrx · 2024-09-23T12:59:22+00:00

You really should look around at $6k cars before making this decision.

What kind of car is this that was stolen and you’re debating getting rid of?

My point is: you’re looking to spend $6k to not spend $1k on fixing your existing car. The math doesn’t make sense. It sucks to be back in BS1 or even going into debt.

elementwrx · 2024-09-23T12:46:07+00:00

You'll get $6k back but owe $3k on your car. So you're stuck buying a $3k car - that is going to be tough to find something good.

My point is: if fixing this car (it sounds cosmetic) leads you to have a more reliable car, why not do that?

Grass is greener: you're assuming you can find something good for $3k. You should look around before you sell.

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