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In addition to being an amazing Product Designer, Alex has a rare ability to intersect the design’s interplay with product, business and technology. His blog provides universal advice helpful to grow a business, advance a career (applicable even if you are not a designer), and amplify positive impact and leadership.

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Introducing Freelance Playbook

At the beginning of my freelancing career, I took any projects I could get – from simple logos to building fully-fledged websites. I worked 80 hours a week, mostly without weekends, to please my clients and deliver the best possible results.

Introducing Freelance Playbook
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Senior product designer interview questions (and how to answer them)

Finding the right people is extremely difficult. Not only is the market constrained, particularly for tech companies, but the unwritten rules for hiring are frequently incorrect.

Senior product designer interview questions (and how to answer them)
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How to know if you’re doing a great job as a product designer?

Three questions product designers can ask themselves to evaluate if they're doing a great job.

How to know if you’re doing a great job as a product designer?

Alex's blog and advices helped me to get my first job in UX field, and now helping to switch my understanding of all design field too. I'm pretty sure i will get more insights from Alex that will turn everything upside down, and I really appreciate that.

The insight Alex provided into the design industry - detailed steps on how to enter the field, how to present my work in a portfolio, a list of resources - was extremely valuable and helped me broaden my knowledge of digital design.

Michelle Terng

Designer

Alex is such a great mentor! I like how he challenged me when it came to improving my designs. He's always there to help and very knowledgeable of the industry, which allowed me to get a lot of insider info on what I was getting myself into.

Budoor Almulla

UX Designer

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Pricing your design services

When you're stating you may believe that you must lower your prices to attract clients, but this is not the case. Lowering your prices and competing on the lowest bid hurt you, the client, and the economy.

Pricing your design services
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Campfire #42: Architecting information

Many product designers see information architecture as a small part of the overall experience, but it goes much further and is massively undervalued.

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Do this before asking the client for a budget

As a freelancer, I've learned the hard way that one of the most difficult aspects of working with a new client is discussing the project's budget.

Do this before asking the client for a budget
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Campfire #41: Why designers quit?

More money vs. Better management vs. Design maturity vs. Feeling valuable vs. Diversity

Campfire #41: Why designers quit?
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Talking to potential clients: 7 simple strategies to crush sales calls

Sales calls might seem as a terrifying mountain that you have to conquer. But once you let go of the idea of the client being in charge and seeing them as someone to impress, sales became simply a conversation.

Talking to potential clients: 7 simple strategies to crush sales calls