Why Working from Home Is Better for Business Super excited to see Matt featured in this new TED series! The Way We Work episodes seem to be hosted only on Facebook at the moment, but even if you don’t have an account, they’re still viewable, so definitely check them out!
Automattic Grand Meetup 2018: Sunshine State Sun. Food. Drinks. Entertainment. And meeting hundreds of highly talented, creative, and lovable humans wrangled from all over the world to work, collaborate, and just have a grand old time at a single location โ what more could I ask for in a company meetup. This is a snapshot of my experience at my first Grand Meetup! ๐ธ Continue reading “Automattic Grand Meetup 2018: Sunshine State”
There’s No ‘I’ In Team I’m grateful to have a joined a company that is built on remote work culture, as I quite enjoy having the autonomy and freedom to work on what, when, and where I want, but more than that, it’s the folks working behind the curtains that make all the difference, at least for me. As of this writing, there areย 751 Automatticians in 66 countries speaking 81 different languages distributed across the globe, all working remotely on different teams. I work alone, but never have I felt lonely. For me, opening up Slack on my computer is sort of like the equivalent of walking into an office. Certainly, that’s a major difference between working remotely on your own, versus working remotely with a team. The ‘who’ is really what ties my Automattic work experience all together in this type of remote environment. I’m part of a small team that spans across the APAC region of the world, and we’re known as Team Patronus ๐Continue reading “There’s No ‘I’ In Team”
Twenty-Eighteen: What I’ve Been Up To First, the big news. I’ll be joining Automattic as a full-time Happiness Engineer in March! Epic blog post on that soon! To be honest, I’ve already written it, but I’ve been debating whether or not to publish it now or closer to my actual start date. We’ll see… Preview of what’s to come! Continue reading “Twenty-Eighteen: What I’ve Been Up To”