I was at Automattic for nearly 5 years and learned so much in that time. It's full of very talented people who are supportive and happy to share their knowledge. I felt I developed professionally a great deal and only left the company because I wanted to go further and had hit the peak of what I could accomplish there. I am now in a leadership role at another company and don't think I could have made it here without the experience I gained at Automattic.
Maybe a bit chaotic at times, and it wasn't clear how decisions about product development and direction were made. Often, the first time a new feature was seen by the support teams was when it was available for users, and they had questions about it.
They sent me a document with instructions to install a new WP site on WordPress.com and then import a pre-designed site. There were about 10 questions/problems to work through. The task required that I didn't fix the issues, but explain how I would
The entire interview was conducted via e-mail and Slack. The first interview was with an Engineer, followed by a code test. It wasn't particularly difficult, but there were some curveballs that required a strong understanding of WordPress.
Slack chat. They like to have anonymous IMs, supposedly to eliminate bias. Then they said if I passed this, I would be given some tests. If I passed those, I could work for them for $25 per hour for three to eight weeks before they decided if they w
They sent me a document with instructions to install a new WP site on WordPress.com and then import a pre-designed site. There were about 10 questions/problems to work through. The task required that I didn't fix the issues, but explain how I would
The entire interview was conducted via e-mail and Slack. The first interview was with an Engineer, followed by a code test. It wasn't particularly difficult, but there were some curveballs that required a strong understanding of WordPress.
Slack chat. They like to have anonymous IMs, supposedly to eliminate bias. Then they said if I passed this, I would be given some tests. If I passed those, I could work for them for $25 per hour for three to eight weeks before they decided if they w