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Mason made an appearance at work today.
My favorite part was typing in the git branch name, “fix/mason-is-cute-but-jeez”.
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Old and Unpublished: The 5 Strangest Things About Having a “Real” Job
I wrote this list over 4 years ago (June 2, 2011), right after I started working at Automattic. I don’t know why I never published it, but here it is: The paycheck. It’s been a long time since I’ve gotten a regularly scheduled paycheck. Even though I’ve only gotten one paycheck, its still a nice […]
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A Different Kind of New Kit
My new WordPress MacBook Pro arrived a few weeks ago, too. Its purty.
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Automattic Meetup
I was fortunate enough to travel to Budapest, Hungary with the entirety of Automattic. It was amazing to meet everyone face-to-face, finally putting speech and mannerisms together with written words and code. One of the many highlights of the trip was getting to work with some people I don’t normally interact with — having some […]
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I’m in Budapest!
After a long 12 hours of traveling, I arrived in Budapest around 11:30am local time. Which is about 5:30am on the east coast. Its been a long day. But I’m excited for the week to come!
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My Support Rotation
All new “Automatticians” are required to spend three weeks working as a “Happiness Engineer,” reviewing and answering customer support emails. I wasn’t entirely thrilled with this requirement when I first heard it. But, I figured at the very least it’d be a good way to get to know some other coworkers, and ease my way […]