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. :)
tekArtist 
Congrats on the five years, Stephane!
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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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Mazel tov, Stephane! Wrangle on.
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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. :D
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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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It’s been a great 5 years working with you, Stephane!
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Right back at you, Alex. :)
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Wow congrats Stephane
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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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There’s always next year. ;)
And note where the image/banner links to. :)
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