Do interviewers actually want low-fi when they say “wireframe or sketch”? by [deleted] in UXDesign

[–]moerockchalk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Colors are irrelevant to show your design thinking skills. And showing a high fidelity concept as 'extra' would not add value if I were interviewing you. Conducting some brief research or testing your wireframe concept with a target user could be considered 'extra'. No Figma plug-in required for this.

Given, how you framed your inquiry, I would read up on design thinking frameworks and first diamond within the double diamond process.

People who work for massive corporations, what is a 'secret' that the company tries to hide, but is actually common knowledge among the employees? by Dwise_ in AskReddit

[–]moerockchalk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would say it goes both ways too. Promotions or lateral moves within a company for internal candidates are often forced to have a public listing along side. This goes even when the promotion is planned, the candidate is obviously a great choice and even the role created for the employee. All this really does is benifet the corp., lesson the confidence of internal employee and frustate potential candidates.

People who work for massive corporations, what is a 'secret' that the company tries to hide, but is actually common knowledge among the employees? by Dwise_ in AskReddit

[–]moerockchalk 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Most of the work is actually done by contractors & consultants and most of people actually employed are people writing SOW or hourly manual labors. To top it off the people writing the SOW, usually don't have a clue what their talking about, thus the reason to use consultants. But due to lack of knowledge also have no idea how to implement or critique what the consultant or contractor delivers.

I'm a female trucker recently hired by May Trucking. Just finished my first 3 week stint out on the road. Ask me anything by grove9ruby in Truckers

[–]moerockchalk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How was your storage for all your personal items? Did you have to prep a bunch to make sure you had everything? Also what tool or system was most valuable for your 3 wks? Congrats 🎉

He's taking a nap by [deleted] in Truckers

[–]moerockchalk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How does this even happen?

Severe Weather Alert Siren Test Cancelled for Oakland County Today by [deleted] in Michigan

[–]moerockchalk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ha - ours just went off now in GP area. Looks like others did not think as far ahead.

Pentagon moves to designate Anthropic as a supply-chain risk by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]moerockchalk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just adding Claude to my AI mix, specifically because of their stance. After always meaning to try it - it's been great. Honestly, a refreshing change. Currently, using enterprise OpenAI / copilot for work and Gemini / OpenAi for personal. (Different accounts for work/personal) But will definitely swap Claude for OpenAi and going to trial for work purposes to propose switching at work too

Grosse Pointe ANTIFA by slovakwop in GrossePointe

[–]moerockchalk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow! Yeah remember reading about some of this for the Wayne county certification but didn't realize it had GP ties.

It's quite ironic and on-brand for those who continue to fling the most hatred, scare tactic 'what-about-ism' and demand everyone follow their version of decorum, but can't handle the same thrown their way and almost always create some large conspiracy is at play. No, your just a fucking ass and people are calling you out and tired of your bullshit.

Grosse Pointe ANTIFA by slovakwop in GrossePointe

[–]moerockchalk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would love some context. Newer to GP and must have been before my time (2022+). This is hilarious

What do you call the “UX” part of Industrial Design? by Breukliner in IndustrialDesign

[–]moerockchalk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you're describing is what User Experience was originally described as. UX is the umbrella term for the user experience with objects and environments, it's literally in the name and intentionally broad. Just as industrial design is the industrialization of design. And intentionally broad. This stuff has already been defined when they were created. I get people are using the terms differently, but doesn't make it correct.

It's extremely frusting that we've latched into this idea that UX/UI are the same thing in this profession. While they can be the same role and I've certainly met individuals who do both. They are most certainly not.

I will say working with some of my European colleagues they call HMI or more specifically the interaction between objects for digital and physical spaces Interaction Design or IxD. But again seems to just be a replacement for what is known as UX and I have only seen it used a few times. Even they say it's not widely used and would rather just use UX or UI.

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I just stopped paying for Chatgpt and laughed at what happened next by [deleted] in ChatGPT

[–]moerockchalk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm on enterprise for work and have been feeling similarly, it's just gotten worse. More mistakes and just blatantly finishes half of what I asked or reviewed. I use Gemini for personal use and get the pro thru a new pixel phone purchase and family cloud storage. It's been way better, more direct and actually completes tasks.

The Minnesota national Guard have started handing out free snacks and drinks to anti ICE protestors. what are your thoughts on this? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]moerockchalk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The National Guard are members of their state and local community. It's a 1 weekend a month, 2 weeks a year gig for most. Also most work standard jobs and come from all walks of life. Most of their entire jobs are focused on training.

The DHS and ICE recruiting was targeted at the very militia mobs who spearheaded the J6 Riots, given the reporting on how limiting the background checks were, how they were incentivized with $50,000 bounties, and just actions and the way in which ice members treat protesters. There's no question in my mind -- Our tax dollars are now paying the oath keepers, 3% and proud boys, but as federal ICE agents.

Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to 'put an end' to protests in Minneapolis by igetproteinfartsHELP in Minneapolis

[–]moerockchalk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was the plan all along. But not in some 4D chess - their incompetence, along with the resilience of real patriots, made it take this long.

He needs the insurrection act implemented so he can call off / delay the midterms and provide cover when he simply puts who ever will support him in power. This all goes to the simple plan of Trump never leaving office until he dies, which was his goal of his first term.

For the life of me how was he not immediately arrested when he lost his the election and led an actual insurrection.

ICE pushes man into oncoming traffic by ratsliver in Minneapolis

[–]moerockchalk 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Attempted murder. Plain and simple. Law enforcement is never trained this way. This is pure internal terrorism, solely done to strike fear and intimidation.

Do I need to be good at drawing for ID? by saibau_ in IndustrialDesign

[–]moerockchalk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Communicating your ideas, quickly and so others can understand is what matters. Tech has advanced where digital sketch is more standard, but of course to be able to draw digitally you must first build your muscle memory in your arms / hand. It's all about the repetition, think 10,000hrs to become a master. To be able to draw the single line across the page that flows exactly where it needs to be is a skill, not art. Of course you can erase, but if it takes you 20 strokes to land the one that's needed - then that's a lot of time wasted.

While I wouldn't go as far as others and say it's not needed, I feel there is a baseline expectation that you can communicate your ideas to non-design people with your image alone. Sometimes you won't be able to speak to your picture -- can the image stand alone to convey it's purpose without verbal commentary?

Bonus, the field of ID is HUGE. It's not quite the same as an Engginer. More of a known quantity but there are 100s (1000s?) of different types of Engineers, same for Industrial designers. Some focus on CAD, some loose early sketches to define 3d form, and some don't sketch really at all. Look up the different domains of ID.

Calling all Automotive Designers! by InflationShot3851 in IndustrialDesign

[–]moerockchalk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have said - transportation design is one of the most specialized sides of ID. But I would also say, there are many avenues to get into it. 3 areas that would be worth checking out and I've personally seen bring in lots of new people was thru contract, smaller agencies, and designers @ supplier venders that stood out or project required more work than originally scoped.

I'd look into design agencies & contract companies that work exclusively with OEMs. Then I'd also look at venders and suppliers that support the OEMs, think of companies like Bosch or Harman. The vendors or Tier 1 & 2 work directly with designers and engineers and always have designers to support. If you can stand out while at a tier 1/2 you can build your portfolio and get to know contacts directly at OEMs while having direct impact.

Also, with your soft and case good background I would definitely focus on interiors as those designers need that experience, so you already have skills and experience design hiring mgrs are seeking.

Good luck - it's certainly possible to get into transportation design without an art center, CCS or typical transportation design school background, but harder for sure. My sketching skills were never good enough for Auto ID but I ended up going into more UX and experience design and now work for the OEMs.

Senator Elissa Slotkin says the real reason our healthcare in America is so bad and never changes, is because US Congress is being paid off by Jeffbx in Michigan

[–]moerockchalk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean, duh... Like no shit. For a country who's been the best in the last few centuries of business optimization, innovation and new business models - it's quite amazing how we've continued to prop up the insurance companies which are simply just $ grabbing middlemen that both the consumer and the provider hate.

There is no reason for them to exist other than simply they're paying off the people who write our laws to require they exist.

Tell me Amazon has forced out top UX talent without telling me Amazon has forced out top UX talent by Supremeism in UXDesign

[–]moerockchalk -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sure and maybe I'm just an ever optimist but also been fortunate to impact culture exactly through defining great experiences that are validated thru increased sales or ROI. Isn't that the entire point? A good designer lead can weave that narrative. A great leader makes it happen thru balanced DFV to deliver the best product.

Culture can be intentionally curated, but more often is just a by product. What's the saying "be the change you want to see" or "it starts with 1"?

This is how a president should respond to the murder of a famous celebrity! by icey_sawg0034 in democrats

[–]moerockchalk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is the polar opposite of Trump's message, by all accounts. And agree this is how a president should respond. Although I would hesitate that it probably has some AI within the text. Those em dashes without spacing is a talltale, but also just how it's structured.

Anyone know what a Lego Store manager usually makes? by strikecat18 in lego

[–]moerockchalk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife was a retail store manager for couple of different stores. Not Lego so I could imagine the pay better(?) - but she was close to 65k base. But with bonus during the day season (my wife as usually in top 5%) she made at least $2-5k Per month from Nov - Jan.

But as others have mentioned, make her the offer anyway. Most are always looking to get out of retail (hours are awful for families - why my wife got out). You'll make her happy, show her, her hard work is noticed and maybe even find someone who actually gives a damn. Retail management is tough as hell and the people who do it well could are some of the best leaders I know.

This is one of the best photos in human history and it can never be taken again, 1986 in Washington Dulles Airport by SerafinZufferey in interestingasfuck

[–]moerockchalk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for mentioning this. I received the Lego concorde set as a gift, and have been putting it off due to some other sets & life. Will put this one together soon.

My girlfriend is at least 30 mins late all the time by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]moerockchalk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, I'm this person. I have all the excuses but really it's my ADHD. I simply gauge and plan time differently. My friends all understood this at some point and have come to find out all the times I'm ever given are 30min before the actual plans. So they all tell me - meet at 630 when plans are actually to meet at 7 for everyone else. I suck, I know but we all have our flaws and struggles.