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 … Continue reading SQL — a Common Language for the Whole Data Team
“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 … Continue reading “I found a lot of new and exciting ways to break WordPress.com”: Highlights of our time at Automattic
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 … Continue reading One Pandemic, Four Countries and Six Different Stories
Teaching Python to Beginners
Vicki Boykis shares some tips on how to teach beginners to code.
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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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