5 years at Automattic!

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On August, 24th, 2009, I posted the following on this very site:

Today is the most beautiful of days. I’m not talking about the weather, but about a feeling that is currently impregnating every single fiber of my professional being. See, today marks the beginning of my trial phase (contractor) as Automattic‘s newest full-time systems wrangler.

I became employee #40-something (of now 259) as of September 21st that year, and in that span, I was part of the following teams (listing employees still with us today):

Systems, with Barry, Demitrious & Pyry.
Short stint as the “special projects” guy, before we started being big enough to have teams.
NUX (WordPress.com signup, new users experience, domains, etc), with Nikolay.
Janitorial (internal tools), with Andy, Matt, MT, Nick & Rose.
Triton (WordPress.com UX), with Andy (again), Bob, Greg & Payton.
Team I/O (APIs & partnerships), with Kat, Kelly, Joey & Justin.
DotOrg (WordPress core development), with Alex, Andrea, Andrew, Cami, Ian, Jen, Jerry, Konstantin, Mark & Ryan.

There is nothing I would change about the last 5 years. I’ve met incredible people, worked on amazing projects, traveled to fabulous locations, all while trying to democratize publishing, change the way people work, and be the best dad/person I can be.

So thanks to my Automattic family, and here’s to five more years. 🙂

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August 24, 2014

Ryan Cowles

Congrats on the five years, Stephane!

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August 24, 2014

Kraft

Reblogged this on Automattically Kraft and commented:
From one of my coworkers reflecting on five years working for Automattic. It is a constant joy working with people who are so passionate about democratizing publishing and making the web a better place.

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August 24, 2014

Burns the Fire

Mazel tov, Stephane! Wrangle on.

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August 25, 2014

Matt Wiebe

Man, that was a fast trial for that era of Automattic! Guess they quickly figured out then what we all know now: that you kick butt. 😀

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1. August 25, 2014
  
  Stephane Daury
  
  Daaaw, thanks. And yeah, the trial was quick. Mainly due to the fact that I took it as a full-time job from day one, 8-12 hours a day, so I guess I accumulated enough hours in a month. 🙂
  
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August 25, 2014

Alex Mills

It’s been a great 5 years working with you, Stephane!

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1. August 25, 2014
  
  Stephane Daury
  
  Right back at you, Alex. 🙂
  
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August 25, 2014

eduplessis

Wow congrats Stephane

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August 27, 2014

Phuong Ly (@phuongly)

Hey that’s awesome and congrats! Too bad I didn’t get a chance to talk to you at Mtl wordcamp. Automattic seems like an amazing company to work for.

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1. August 27, 2014
  
  Stephane Daury
  
  There’s always next year. 😉
  And note where the image/banner links to. 🙂
  
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