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[Bloganuary] Dream Job
This post is part of my attempt at Bloganuary 2024. Today's prompt is:
What's your dream job?
It feels like a bit of a cop-out to say I'm already doing it, but that's true. Well, mostly (read on and I'll make a counterpoint!).
Automattic
I'm incredibly fortunate that my job gets to tick soAnnouncers and Automation
Nowadays if you're on a railway station and hear an announcement, it's usually a computer stitching together samples. But back in the day, there used to be a human with a Tannoy microphone sitting in the back office, telling you about the platform alternations and destinations.
I had a friend ai, science, history, employment, work, job, technologyAutomattic Privilege
I've been thinking recently about three kinds of geographic privilege I enjoy in my work at Automattic. (See more posts about my experience of working at Automattic.)
1. Timezone Privilege
Take a look at the map below. I'm the pink pin here in Oxfordshire. The green pins are my immediate team - automattic, geography, brexit, languages, language, employment, work, job, travel, teleworking, maps, passport, timezonesAutomattic Retrospective (days 207 to 334)
Last year, I accepted a job offer with Automattic and I've been writing about it every 128 days. I've talked about my recruitment, induction, and experience of lockdown (which in turn inspired a post about the future of work). I've even helped enthuse other new Automatticians! Since my last postFuture Challenges for Remote Working
When the COVID-19 lockdown forced many offices to close and their staff to work remotely, some of us saw what was unfolding as an... opportunity in disguise. Instead of the slow-but-steady decentralisation of work that's very slowly become possible (technically, administratively, and politically) automattic, telecommuting, employment, work, job, teleworking, covid-19, futurismAutomattic Lockdown (days 79 to 206)
Since I accepted a job offer with Automattic last summer I’ve been writing about my experience on a nice, round 128-day schedule. My first post described my application and recruitment process; my second post covered my induction, my initial two weeks working alongside the Happiness team (tech sAutomattic Transition (days -50 to 78)
Since I reported last summer that I’d accepted a job offer with Automattic I've been writing about my experience of joining and working with Automattic on a nice, round 128-day schedule.
My first post covered the first 128 days: starting from the day I decided (after 15 years of w automattic, employment, work, macs, teleworkingWithout The Bod
Eight years, six months, and one week after I started at the Bodleian, we've gone our separate ways. It's genuinely been the nicest place I've ever worked; the Communications team are a tightly-knit, supportive, caring bunch of diverse misfits and I love them all dearly, but the time had come for bodleian, music, employment, video, job, memorable, drinking, party, cakeAutomattic Recruitment (days -179 to -51)
128 days ago I applied to work at Automattic Inc. Here's the deeper story about how that went:
https://danq.me/2019/08/30/automattic-00/Shifting into Automattic
In October of this year - after eight years, six months, and five days with the Bodleian Libraries - I'll be leaving for pastures new. Owing to a combination of my current work schedule, holidays, childcare commitments and conferences, I've got fewer than 29 days left in the office.
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