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B-san's Blog

The work and life of a Community Education Manager in Japan

Author: Benjamin

  • My First Application as a Happiness Engineer

    My First Application as a Happiness Engineer

    I have mentioned a couple of times in my posts about the fact I applied for the Happiness Engineer position at Automattic, but failed part-way through. So finally, this is the post about how it all happened! Hearing Of The Job July 11th, 2018, a Happiness Engineer (HE) posted about his experience working for Automattic…

  • Got More Than 5 Followers!!

    Got More Than 5 Followers!!

    Hip-hip-hurray! I just want to give a big thank you to everyone who has decided to follow my humble little blog. To be honest, I was expecting this small project of mine to remain hidden for a while longer. I have been pleasantly surprised at how people from all over the world have found me…

  • Working on the Japanese WordPress.com Forum

    Working on the Japanese WordPress.com Forum

    Hi again! I mentioned in my last post (Preparing My Post about My Application) how I have started volunteering on the Japanese WordPress.com forum, too. The experience is definitely different to the English forum, so I thought I would take some time to share what I have found so far. Difference in Post Numbers As…

  • Preparing My Post about My Application

    Preparing My Post about My Application

    I started writing a post on how I applied for the Happiness Engineer role, but I realised it was going to take me a few sessions to write it all out. I considered breaking it up into a few posts, but then those who would find my blog would have to search around to get…

  • Starting Out on the WordPress.com Forums

    Starting Out on the WordPress.com Forums

    In my last post, I talked about my first interaction with a Happiness Engineer (HE) from Automatic. (You can check out that post here: My Initial Contact with an HE) I will talk about my second contact with an HE and how it got me started thinking about working as one myself in a another post…

  • My Initial Contact with a Happiness Engineer

    My Initial Contact with a Happiness Engineer

    A few months ago, I applied to work at Automattic as a Happiness Engineer (HE). As I mentioned in a previous post (My Introduction), that didn’t work out. But not all hope was lost! And that is why I started this blog – to document my time until I apply again and share with you…