Matt Crest
Principal, Designer & UI Developer
Biggest takeaway
Animated GIFs are, in fact, the greatest accomplishment of the last 20 years. Oh, and remote working allows for way better connections and friendships than people imagine.
Favorite moment
Stressing for weeks and months over making my first hire. Then, almost immediately afterward thinking, “Why the hell did it take me so long to do this? This is amazing!” Rinse and repeat with each new hire…
World’s Best Boss Award
Sorry Michael Scott, this one goes to Matt (you can keep your mug, though). So genuine, kind, and open, Matt is a one-of-a-kind boss. (Mug not included.)
Ryan Byrd
Designer & UI Developer
Favorite Artletic-inspired phrase
LOLing. Yeah, that’s right: Laughing out Louding. Our fearless leader Matt introduced that one and it stuck in my (near-daily) vocabulary.
Most awesome moment
When I was finally able to share that I’ve never watched (nor plan to watch) Star Wars. I’m pretty sure Phil & Tim real-life unfriended me.
#MrPopular Award
An excellent reminder to remote workers around the world—get out. Out of the house, that is. Every time Ryan would grab lunch or coffee with a friend, he would let the Artletic crew know with this hashtag.
Phil Smith
Designer & UI Developer
Most horrified
Ryan refuses to watch Star Wars…
Biggest revelation
I always assumed working on sexy products is the more interesting path as a designer. You know—glossy, Dribbblicious goodness. However, I have worked on enterprise apps my whole time at Artletic and am incredibly content. Solving complex problems in a complex ecosystem is both challenging and rewarding. (Not to mention, I’m working with a great team!)
Tin Foil Hat Award
Phil is always droning on and on about frivolous topics like “privacy.” Don’t tell him to Google something—it’s all DuckDuckGo, all the time for him.
Tim Smith
Designer & UI Developer
Biggest surprise
Ryan has never watched Star Wars. It was in that moment when I thought… am I working at the right place? Is this real life?
Most fun thing
Definitely our Slack. It’s been incredibly fun to get to know these people. Remote working can be difficult and lonely, but Artletic has never felt that way. I genuinely love opening up Slack in the morning and getting to work with these guys.
Most Improved
No, we’re not talking about design or development, we’re talking about one of the twenty-first century’s most sought after skills—GIFing. Tim went from striking out every time to hitting home runs, over night.