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Being globally distributed: a constant reminder to have an open mind and more
Five perspectives on working remotely in a company distributed across the planet.
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SQL — a Common Language for the Whole Data Team
Today, I wanted to share how we’ve empowered colleagues outside the data engineering team to write their own data transformations by overcoming coding language barriers. Within our Data team, there are several specializations: Data Analysts create dashboards and analyze data for business leads and product teams across the company. Data Scientists apply machine learning technology at…
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“I found a lot of new and exciting ways to break WordPress.com”: Highlights of our time at Automattic
A few of my colleagues — with tenures at Automattic from just a few months to many years — share their highlights of working here. Robert Felty Robert, you rejoined us a few months ago. What has been your highlight so far? I would like to focus on one aspect of Automattic which has been dramatically…
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One Pandemic, Four Countries and Six Different Stories
I asked my colleagues in India, the United States, the Netherlands, and Germany about how the COVID‑19 pandemic has affected them. They share how reducing their time online has helped them, and compare their experience at Automattic with those they had at companies that are not fully distributed. Anand Nalya Anand, how has COVID‑19 affected you…
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Teaching Python to Beginners
Vicki Boykis shares some tips on how to teach beginners to code.
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Five Paths to Automattic
Greg, Anna, Anand, Anna, and Robert — who come from a variety of backgrounds ranging from fullstack software development to linguistics, hardcore math, and more — share how they came to work with data at Automattic.
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Boris Gorelik on the biggest missed opportunity in data visualization
Boris Gorelik recently joined us to present on The Biggest Missed Opportunity in Data Visualization based on his recent talk at the NDR conference. Boris was a data scientist at Automattic, is now a data science consultant, and blogs regularly on data visualization and productivity. Some of highlights (along with a handy timestamp) include: Keep the…
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How to Avoid Statistical Bootstrapping Pitfalls
Yanir Seroussi shares some insight into the common pitfalls of statistical bootstrapping and how to avoid them.
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Gender and Racial Bias in Cloud NLP Sentiment APIs
Do natural language processing tools from Amazon and Google contain racial and gender bias? Charles Earl investigates.
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Christo Wilson Discusses the Ethics of Online Behavioral Experiments
Charles Earl shares the insights he gleaned after hearing a talk from Dr. Christo Wilson about ethics in online behavioral experiements.
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