Brandon King

I was just pondering the same thing.

@sweatystartup What was your advice to him?

I did a consulting call today with a 33 year old guy who makes $150k a year at a fully remote job. 30-40 hrs a week. 2 kids + wife. This is a really tough spot to be in. Makes $2k a month more than he spends every month. Zero chance at long term wealth but too easy and profitable to leave. Golden handcuffs. It takes a serious level of ambition to get out of this situation and go buy or start a company. It’s hard to get excited about scraping and fixing toilets or power washing sidewalks when you make $75 an hour at your day job. And it’s impossible to feel comfortable buying a company if you don’t start out lower and work your way up (with that stuff that isn’t exciting when you get a taste of decent money). Difficult stuff.

Let’s try something, drop a pic of what you wear on a regular basis and I’ll give you one thing you can immediately do to make it look better overall.

Kid going door to door in my neighborhood selling chips and homemade salsa to pay for his upcoming rodeo season. Could not find my wallet fast enough. The kids are alright.

@alexgilev Can't wait to see more!

@BKing_Design My focus is solely on O. No more freelance.

@alexgilev Love it! Does this mean that you will hit pause on contract design work for the time being?

@BKing_Design I wanted a project that challenges me from all sides and an opportunity to create something truly extraordinary beyond of what's possible these days. This creates a purpose in your life, a feeling of challenge and new horizons.

@esp3rtamente My wife doesn't eat either of these. Tacos Roast with carrots and potatoes Rice bowls with meat and veg Would all be easy options without subbing ingredients.

I have the missionaries (two companionships) over for dinner each Sunday. Transfers were a few weeks ago, and of the two new Elders, one can’t have gluten and the other can’t have dairy. Tf am I supposed to make?

@BrettFromDJ 121

This was created entirely in Figma. Guess the number of layers used without going over & I'll send your choice of: - Airpods Max - Mac Mini (M4) - $500 Must be following me. Good luck. 😉

@DannPetty @Mxohammad_ Can you share examples of people who are doing this really well? Would love to study their career path.

@Mxohammad_ It's the ultimate IMO. Someone that can design and build.

Design jobs that we'll see slowly fading away and one that we'll see needing more of. Fading away: The Basic Design Manager - because there are so many yet we don't need that many however having a good ONE is game changing. A good DM can pop in a Figma file and tweak files when necessary and knows how to protect designers when necessary. Someone that doesn't say "my" team but "our" team. Someone that doesn't manage...but leads, guides, and helps. UI (only) Designer - becoming useless in a quicker, simpler, UX focused design world. First design job to go. If you can only do UI and don't want to do UX, stick to graphic design or social media graphics. That role will become more valuable than a UI designer. UX (only) Designer - too limited. Need good UI skills, not just the basics. Second to go. The hardest yet the easiest role to get. Easy because anyone can become a UX designer but hard because it's hard to become a good UX designer. If you're a good one (can create UI, actually interesting UX, research, prototype, etc) then you are irreplaceable. Design Researcher (only) - everyone needs to be a researcher. To standout, be able to do UX/UI as well and you'll be a top hire. Third to go. Need more: Product + Web Designer Generalist - designers that can design products and websites when needed. These already stand out as the best hires. Need to understand UX and have strong UI. Everyone thinks they are here, but they are really one of the above roles. Bonus: Designers that build - if you can design and build, well, you probably don't need a job because you're making your own income. But if you're not a soloprenuer, you'll be irreplaceable on any team if you're good.

@laurentiu_ol Design

@thesamparr I would pay money to watch @thesamparr work with @tannerguzy

Something I've tried for past 3-4 years but still struggle with: DRESSING WELL. @ramit influenced me big time. Some thoughts: - Dressing like a slob sometimes makes me act like a slob. - Tech people, which @ramit's baby brain has categorized me as, often think "oh that's a waste of time smart people don't need to signal that stuff"...nonsense. We're all signaling something. Why not signal being stylish. I agree big time with Ramit on this. - I don't have THAT many artist outlets in my life. Clothes for sure can be one of them, and that's fun - I still struggle with the cost. Sometimes, but not aways, the best looking and feeling stuff is expensive. $1000 for a sweater, $300 for a shirt. Is a $1000 sweater 10x better than a $100 one? Sometimes. Anyway, just something I'm thinking about. And btw...a person who's style I admire right now: 1980's Harrison Ford. That dude rocks.

@albertheyounger Have you looked at mass loaded vinyl and a solid core door?

Recommendations for WFH equipment with little kids? Thinking external mic that cuts out ambient noise and sound suppression/isolation for the ears…and anything else you might add? Issue is I lose focus and get anxious when I can hear kids getting upset/babies crying, etc.

@tannerguzy @chrishardman Snuck into the jock square just above Chris

@chrishardman Just as normal but different

I'm just normal I guess.

@charliprangley Do you know what happened to Sean? I tried to find some of his content today and... nothing.

Currently writing about operating as a professional vs a technician as an in-house designer, a concept I first learned about from Sean McCabe on the no-longer-online seanwes podcast. I wish I had access to my favorite episodes of that show still, it literally changed my life 💔

Being a Mom is just as important as any career

@chrishardman @tannerguzy

@chrishardman @tannerguzy Who would you rather hang out with in the following picture?

Found these old glasses back when I thought it was cool. Is this okay @tannerguzy?

@tannerguzy Makes sense that guys who lack status in broader society are fiercely protective of the intra-tribal status they are able to signal. Why else would Rob care that yuppies are walking around ignorantly flameproof? Has nothing to do with the hit to his wallet twitter.com/tsunamibob/sta…

Reminder that blue-collar men are the strictest gate keepers of what is and isn’t acceptable for other men to wear.