My First Grand Meetup

For the last two weeks, I have been visiting Orlando, Florida, attending Automattic’s annual Grand Meetup! (We all call it the GM.) This is the only time of the year when the whole company actually gets together in person. We spend a week doing a bunch of stuff! My schedule included… Meeting my team members […]

Automattic Acquires Tumblr!!

Hi all! It’s been quite some time now since I last posted on my blog. Two months in on my new job and I’m absolutely loving it here. I’ve just about found a good balance each day with work, exercise, family time, personal time and church ministry and I definitely plan on getting my blogging […]

The first few weeks at my new job!

Hi all! I’m now on my fourth week as a Happiness Engineer. Time is flying, but most enjoyably! I thought I would briefly rehash my first few weeks on the job and see what has happened. Meeting my Team As the Happiness Engineer division is huge at Automattic, it would be impossible to work effectively […]

Home Office + Swag

Hi all! I have now been working at Automattic for over a week and things are starting to settle in. While core work is essentially the same to what I was doing in the Trial, everything else feels totally different. For example… I’m starting to put faces and names together of my colleagues! You start […]

Almost at the End…

Hi everyone! This may have been my largest stint between posts… two weeks! So much has happened in that time. I continue to learn, grow and work through the Trial. As I have just over a week left to go, I thought I would share my thoughts so far and perhaps my goals for the […]

The Trial Has Started!

Hi everyone! It has been a while since I last posted and I hope you all understand. After all, the Trial has finally started! Phase 1 – Self-Paced Training The trial starts off with some self-paced training. This is where we are given some time to get used to the many systems used by Happiness […]