Category: Happiness Engineer
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Celebrating 2 years at Automattic
Today is a really cool day because it marks my 2 year anniversary at Automattic. In many many ways… it still feels like I just started a few months ago. I still feel so new in that I’m always learning and have brilliant challenges ahead of me. In other ways, I feel like I’ve grown…
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Video Calls in Remote Work: Does hiding your own video make you more effective?
I was recently listening to this podcast called what Virtual CoWorking can teach virtual teams. One of the points that I found completely fascinating was that a small study was done, and showed that by hiding your own video on your display- makes you more effective/less distracted in video calls. If you’ve never done a video…
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An Inside peek into a Remote Team Meetup
My favorite days of remote working aren’t the days when I get to work by a pool, or even when I get to stay home all day working on my couch in my favorite sweatpants (as a really strong introvert, that’s saying a whole lot there). My absolute favorite days are when I’m on a…
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2016 Automattic Grand Meetup
I posted a ton of pictures of last year’s Grand Meetup here and posted my thoughts here. And just realized that I forgot to post them for the Grand Meetup we had back in October of 2016 (which was around 5 months ago). Wait, so what is a Grand Meetup? Automattic is a remote company, which means…
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A Day in the Life of a WordPress.com Happiness Engineer
October 2024 Update: I worked at Automattic from 2015 to 2024 and once highly recommended it as a great place to work in these blog posts. However, recent legal developments and internal culture have led me to no longer endorse working there. I encourage readers to carefully research Automattic before deciding to apply. —- This…
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Lessons Learned from The Customer Survival Kit
Awhile back I was reading a book called The Customer Survival Kit. It was FANTASTIC! I highly recommend it. Several months ago I ended up writing an internal p2 post about it and sharing my favorite takeaways with my team at Automattic. But I was recently talking to a friend who also works in support…
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Pam’s awesome a8cday post
My coworker Pam, is super amazing! She’s involved with the hiring of Happiness Engineers for WordPress.com, Jetpack, and WooCommerce. So I loved this post she wrote giving an inside look into her day! It’s definitely an interesting read! Enjoy! -Tish This post is part of a series describing what Automatticians do on a daily basis. You…
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How I became a Happiness Engineer at Automattic Part 3: Paid Trial at Automattic
October 2024 Update: I worked at Automattic from 2015 to 2024 and once highly recommended it as a great place to work in these blog posts. However, recent legal developments and internal culture have led me to no longer endorse working there. I encourage readers to carefully research Automattic before deciding to apply. —- Part…
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How I became a Happiness Engineer at Automattic Part 2: The Interview Process
October 2024 Update: I worked at Automattic from 2015 to 2024 and once highly recommended it as a great place to work in these blog posts. However, recent legal developments and internal culture have led me to no longer endorse working there. I encourage readers to carefully research Automattic before deciding to apply. —– Part…
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On the fence about applying to Automattic? Watch these videos!
October 2024 Update: I worked at Automattic from 2015 to 2024 and once highly recommended it as a great place to work in these blog posts. However, recent legal developments and internal culture have led me to no longer endorse working there. I encourage readers to carefully research Automattic before deciding to apply. —- This…
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The schedule of a Happiness Engineer working in live chat
October 2024 Update: I worked at Automattic from 2015 to 2024 and once highly recommended it as a great place to work in these blog posts. However, recent legal developments and internal culture have led me to no longer endorse working there. I encourage readers to carefully research Automattic before deciding to apply. —– When…
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Women who WP Presentation: How to Rock WordPress
Yesterday I had the privilege of speaking at Women who WP, which is this wonderful meet up that gets together some amazing women and we have dinner and talk about WordPress, our stories, and what we’re learning.