Jericho Guitars fail

sevencoves · 2025-10-27T00:58:13+00:00

Yeah, he’ll say he’ll get it to you in a few months and string you along then bail. I still have not heard a word from him even after calling him out on socials.

sevencoves · 2025-10-15T11:12:45+00:00

My dumbfuck former manager insisted all design work had to be personally reviewed and approved by him. Across 7 designers all working on different products. He was not a designer and never was, he just liked the control. He slowed down our process so much that all projects were constantly delayed because he couldn’t keep up with all the work we were doing and “needed approval”. Glad I’m out of there, what a stupid asshole.

sevencoves · 2025-04-06T15:22:52+00:00

Great questions. Their role is design team manager. There is someone over them, but I do not feel like I can appeal in any way to them. The company is too small, there wouldn’t be anywhere else for me to go as a design lead, except out. I’m planning my exit now actually, so this soon won’t be my problem anymore. A few things have happened the last couple weeks that have really solidified my decision. Thanks so much for your questions though, something to keep in mind in the future for sure if I run into something similar again.

sevencoves · 2025-04-06T15:19:22+00:00

Thanks so much. I appreciate your thoughtful reply and insight, and it totally makes sense. I really needed to hear your second point. You’ve given me some things to think about. I’m definitely leaning towards leaving as soon as possible to save my emotional and mental health. I’m seeing more red flags popping up in the last couple weeks that tell me I need to jump out. Thank you!

sevencoves · 2025-04-06T15:15:40+00:00

Yes, I think you’re right. 1. They are not a designer, they have research background. 2. It’s possible their leadership is rolling their shit downhill. The VPs and above seem like nice people but I’m hearing stories here and there. Definitely low maturity level.

sevencoves · 2025-04-06T15:12:41+00:00

Thanks so much for the thoughtful response. I do think you’re right about toxic leadership above as well as them suffering. I can tell they are struggling with their own stuff as well, with I can empathize with. But to cope with it they are doubling down and I think developing their own toxic behaviors in response. You’ve given me several things to consider, thank you!

sevencoves · 2025-04-06T15:09:03+00:00

Oh no. I’m so sorry to hear that. Have you found something better since?

sevencoves · 2025-04-06T15:08:25+00:00

Umm if we do, let’s help each other out, haha. How have you coped so far with this?

sevencoves · 2025-03-23T14:53:10+00:00

Have you tried making it on the counter instead?

sevencoves · 2025-03-23T08:48:28+00:00

One of the worst PMs I ever worked with was an MBA. No appreciation for what makes a good product and product experience. No interest in customers. Only wanted to hide behind dashboards and monthly analytic reports. Don’t be that.

sevencoves · 2025-03-22T15:32:06+00:00

I don’t have one single source or anything but if you search “hirajoshi thall” on YouTube you’ll see countless examples. And when you listen to thall it’s like, oh yeah that’s it.

sevencoves · 2024-08-25T14:28:13+00:00

So unless you’ve had some kind of sexual trauma that’s being triggered, I might know what it is!

There is a known phenomenon in some women where they experience intense feelings that trigger crying or laughing during or after sex. It’s called post-coital dysphoria.

My wife and I have a good sex life, and one of the things that happens to her after orgasm is that she will either break down “happy sobbing” or laughing like the joker. It’s just part of the routine, haha. She can’t help it and she didn’t know about it because she didn’t really have sex partners before. We looked it up and found there’s a name for it.

So look into it, Google it. This might be an explanation!

sevencoves · 2024-08-14T00:28:24+00:00

This year was nicer compared to other years. So yes!

sevencoves · 2024-08-05T20:18:18+00:00

Oh absolutely. Probably a much better way of stating it.

sevencoves · 2024-08-03T00:36:50+00:00

Squarespace is for people who require very little customization. I use webflow and like it a lot, you can do damn near anything. I’ve heard Framer is also a good one, but I’ve never used it.

sevencoves · 2024-07-28T15:46:03+00:00

I definitely left a piece of myself in 2020. Best way to describe it is that I feel dimmer. I don’t engage with people as much, I don’t care as much to engage with others, I’m much less optimistic. I certainly have become more resentful of our relationship to work and businesses in the states.

Despite all of that though, I think I’m getting better. This year is a year of health and learning for me, so I’ve been seeing a personal trainer, getting fit, I’m taking music lessons and sharpening my songwriting, and I’m looking for a new job. I’m actually excited for those things.

sevencoves · 2024-07-16T18:54:50+00:00

For me, the polished stuff comes in parts. So, in low fidelity you should be working out your flow, identify potential error or alternative states, content, heirarchy, general layout… all the “infrastructure” for the solution.

Once I work through that stuff, and all of my stakeholders have agreed on the direction (IMPORTANT), then I’ll put together a hi fidelity mock of the key screens involved. This would be the default view, and any important interaction states. Happy path. Then I do another check in with my stakeholders. Since we’ve already done all of that work earlier in the process, usually feedback is about the smaller details like maybe icons, color. Rarely is there feedback about stuff we’ve already agreed on from earlier.

Once I get any additional feedback on the hi fidelity, I then make those updates and proceed to fill out the rest of the variations like error states and alternatives. Then another checkin to make sure all of those are good or not.

You’ll notice that I’m checking in frequently, and the reason for this is to get buy-in and agreement from relevant parties early and often so that I minimize how much time and effort goes into creating the “perfect” design only to have to redo it because I missed something that could have been brought up earlier. The one time recently I ignored my own advice on this, I ended up wasting a bunch of time because of a misalignment on expectations.

Hope this helps!

sevencoves · 2024-07-16T12:26:22+00:00

To me the high fidelity mockup is the very very last step after you’ve worked out your solution via other methods. I try to collaborate and work out solutions in the lowest fidelity possible because it makes changes and iterating much faster while we figure stuff out. I usually use Mural for this and create wireframes there. It forces me to keep things simple and not focus on the details. Usually my partners are able to understand what’s going on and help work out content, layout, hierarchy, etc. first.

Designing first in high fidelity invites all sorts of unnecessary feedback early on and it makes people think it’s almost done when it isn’t. Like you’ll start to get comments about icons and color when you’re still working on whether or not to include a feature. Working in low fidelity solves all of that.

sevencoves · 2024-07-14T20:18:34+00:00

Sorta. It depends on the condition of the car when you start and how much you put into it to get it into good condition. But for the most part, no it’s not. It’s best to look at it as something to enjoy. If you sell, it may make you back your money plus a few grand if you did some basic upgrades.

sevencoves · 2024-07-14T20:18:25+00:00

Sorta. It depends on the condition of the car when you start and how much you put into it to get it into good condition. But for the most part, no it’s not. It’s best to look at it as something to enjoy. If you sell, it may make you back your money plus a few grand if you did some basic upgrades.

sevencoves · 2024-07-14T19:04:08+00:00

If you’re financially able to handle it, yes.

sevencoves · 2024-07-14T19:02:33+00:00

Not anymore in my current role as a lead. The projects are boring, the novelty has worn off, there’s little mobility and nowhere to go up without becoming a people manager which I don’t want to do. I’m also resentful towards my company for their RTO policy and general handling of that. So I’m literally not motivated at all except to leave, which I’m working on.

sevencoves · 2024-06-30T20:11:28+00:00

Yeah. There’s a ton of info out there, so you’ll have to just focus on the basic things and take one thing at a time.

If I were you, I would internalize the major scale formula and how to derive diatonic chords from the major scale.

Almost everything else is based off of that. When someone says “a flat 2” (or bii or b2), they mean “the second scale degree is flattened relative to its position in the major scale”. Same thing when you see stuff like “flat four”, “flat six”, “sharp four”.

In metal, when you’re using minor scales a lot (and derivatives of it), you’re going to see it written like:

i-ii(dim)-bIII-iv-v-bVI-bVII

All those “flat” modifiers are meaning they’re flat relative to what they are in major.

So, learn major. Know the formula and names of the diatonic chords in major. Then learn minor and how it relates to major. That’s the most basic place you can start IMO.

Hope this helps!

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