Interviewing for a remote job at Automattic
Leif Singer, an engineer at Automattic, tells us about interviewing for a remote job at Automattic.
The Automattic Creed
automattic.comI will never stop learning. I won’t just work on things that are assigned to me. I know there’s no such thing as a status quo. I will build our business sustainably through passionate and loyal cus…
Getting Hired at Automattic
I started at Automattic on November 20, 2019, and it’s an incredible place to work. I’m constantly impressed by my coworkers kindness, intelligence, and compassion. If you’re look…
Birthday – Matt Mullenweg
Another trip around the sun.
Sabbatical reflections
I’m about two-thirds through my three month sabbatical from Automattic. A perk everyone at Automattic receives every 5 years. I figured I’d share some of my reflections so far: Personal At th…
One Year Later, a Reflection on becoming an Automattician
For those who follow me on twitter you may recall a post I tweeted just over a year ago: My start date with Automattic was July 23, 2019. I fully intended on writing a followup to that tweet, but t…
Staying at Automattic
It’s been a rollercoaster couple of weeks at Automattic. Lawsuits have been filed. Colleagues have been lost 1. The misalignment between Automattic and WP Engine burst into the open a few wee…
Pure WordPress
I wrote this song several years ago to play as a flash talk for a company meetup. The music is from the song “Pure Imagination” from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. But the lyr…
The Writing Lesson Hidden in My Automattic Hiring Trial
My design hiring trial valued clear thinking over perfect pixels—and that priority has shaped my career ever since. The onboarding screens and mockups I designed during those weeks are no longer re…
Forty!
Birthdays are so great because they’re about generosity. The act of giving, helping, is so generative. It’s what we can all do for ourselves and each other. But accepting is really hard…
WordPress Everywhere
As we announced and TechCrunch covered, my.wordpress.net has soft-launched. What this means is you need to fundamentally shift how you think about WordPress. From the beginning, WordPress has alway…