Tag: work
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Getting Hired at Automattic
Jerry Jones writes about his experience of Automattic's recruitment process, which is a more-readable summary than Dan's was!
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Today my #distributed #remotework office is provided by @OCFI_OI, which provides me that most #Oxford of views: simultaneously containing architecture of the 1960s... and the 1160s.
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Automattic Transition (days -50 to 78)
A nice round 256 days since he applied to Automattic, Dan reflects on the whirlwind that has been his first two months working there.
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When Experienced Women Engineers Look for New Jobs, They Prioritize Trust and Growth
Excellent research courtesy of my soon-to-be new employer about the driving factors affecting women who are experienced software engineers.
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Counting Down
I wasn't sure that my whiteboard at the Bodleian, which reminds my co-workers exactly how many days I've got left in the office, was attracting as much attention as it needed to. If I don't know what my colleagues don't know about how I do my job, I can't write it into my handover notes.
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"One of the best things about working at The Bodleian... Pretending to be a PhD student..."
Dan's boss posted pictures to her LinkedIn of her pretending to be a PhD student, so Dan shares the ones he was in (and some social media featuring his kids).
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Automattic Recruitment (days -179 to -51)
Dan reflects on the last 128 days since he applied to work at Automattic, and looks forward to the remaining 50 until he starts.
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My TED Video on the Future of Work
Matt Mullenweg shares what makes Automattic's distributed workforce "work", and there are parallels to how Three Rings operates too.
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Pong
Yesterday was World Digital Preservation Day, so Dan reimplemented Pong for the video wall at the Bodleian.
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Some days my job... isn't like other people's jobs. Lately, I've been reimplementing Pong in Javascript for the @bodleianlibs' video wall for an event on Thursday.
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Pong on the Heritage Window
Testing a few days prior to public display.
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An Unusual Workday
Not every day at Dan's work involves bear masks, augmented reality, podcasting, and hacking. But this one did.
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Bureaucracy vs. Common Sense
When Dan's pension provider made "Gender" a mandatory field, he never expected to be asked to PROVE the gender he clicked on. Especially since he clicked on "Not provided"...
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How do you make programmers work 60-80 hours per week?
Original question from Quora:
Programmers in our startup usually put 8 hours and go home. I keep reading stories about 80+ hour weeks. How do you make them work longer hours? Do we have to pay overtime? We gave few of them some equity, but it doesn’t seem to work.
My Answer:
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Hello 2013: My Birthday
Dan managed to spend the afternoon of his birthday away from his computer and in the pub... but only because his office caught fire! This, and more from Dan's early-January trip to London.