Hi, I'm Alex Botas
I'm a product designer based outside Houston, Texas with experience solving often overlooked problems. I want things to make sense to the person frustrated with the 'old version', but elated with the small subtle improvements they now see.
A little bit about myself.
My name is Alex Botas and I'm passionate about improving the lives of others through design. I'm constantly learning new things everyday and love meeting people who are motivated and unafraid of sharing their ideas with the world. It's scary to show new products.
I'm a self taught designer and have learnt a lot of the processes, concepts and theories of UX/UI and product design through attending workshops, reading blogs and applying these to projects in my spare time and at work. I am very much a big-picture thinker and enjoy working on products end to end, from ideation all the way to development.
My values
Passion is everything.
If you don't enjoy what you're doing - move. You are not a tree. Channel your energy into something you believe in. I'm fortunate to be inspired and surrounded by motivated people who enjoy what they do. We only have so much time on this earth to live - so why waste it?
Always be learning.
Humans are constant works in progress that need to receive feedback in order to grow. I am always looking at ways to challenge and improve myself, which is why in my spare time I like to read blogs, dabble in new projects and attend meetups. When I study a subject, I often ask myself if I can apply anything I've learned in an entirely different way through design.
Equally important is to watch what people do. By simply observing you can 'foolproof' many common mistakes
Embrace your creativity.
Everyone needs a creative outlet of some sort - else, we'd go insane! When I'm not designing, I'm writing, designing questionably useful products in CAD, redesigning systems from any other jobs I might have.
Stay humble.
It doesn't matter whether you're the president, manager, homeless or average kid on the street. Treat others with respect as you would yourself because ultimately we're all human sharing the same wants and needs and facing our own battles everyday. Stay true to yourself and stay true to others.