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Tag: Hapiness Engineer

  • The Trial Has Started!

    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…

  • Getting Ready for the Trial – Part 2

    Getting Ready for the Trial – Part 2

    Hi all! In my last post, I mentioned a few things I had been doing in preparation for the Trial starting soon. I briefly mentioned how there are some new plans offered on WordPress.com now and that these changes seem to have taken effect within the last few weeks. According to snapshots taken by the…

  • Getting Ready for the Trial

    Getting Ready for the Trial

    Hi all! This week, I have been getting ready for the Trial. All of a sudden, mails from Automattic have increased and I am slowly getting closer and closer to the start date. Here are a few things I have been working on. Security As anyone would expect, Automattic deals with all different types of…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • My Introduction

    My Introduction

    Once again, hello! Welcome to my blog. A couple of months ago, I applied to Automattic, trying out for the Happiness Engineer (HE) position. As it turns out, they didn’t offer me a job. I plan on documenting my application process on another day, but in short, I went through the first project and interview,…