Last October, I had a whirlwind of a day: two interviews within a few hours of each other on a warm, breezy Monday in San Francisco. What made these interviews unique? While they were both online, one was a completely text-based chat on Slack with a hiring manager from Automattic, the company that owns WordPress.com,…
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It’s only been two weeks since I officially started my new gig, and I’m already ridiculously happy with my decision. There are three main reasons why the onboarding process to Automattic has been the best I’ve ever experienced.
Read MoreNo Poem as Lovely as a Tree
This Sunday, my friend Josh and I went to the University of California in Santa Cruz. UC is a unique campus nestled in rolling, forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Monterey Bay. Students in the school often wander throughout the grounds–going into caves, building tree forts, and doing what we did today: tree climbing.…
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