Over my past few years at Automattic, I’ve worked on a bunch of different teams and projects – VideoPress, the WordPress iOS app, various Social projects, and most recently, o2. I even took a few months to work on WordPress core, helping build the auto-update functionality that we now see rolling out security updates within hours of their release.
The few months I spent working on WordPress core made me realise something – there’s a lot more I have to contribute. So, with the WordPress 4.0 RC out the door, I’m super excited to be moving to my next project – working on WordPress core full time!
Automattic naturally puts a lot of people-hours into WordPress, with over 30 of us contributing to WordPress 3.9. I’m looking forward to being a bigger part of that, and giving more back to WordPress community!
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8 responses to “The Next Adventure”
Post titles like this scare me! 😮
It’s almost like that was the intention. 😀
Meanie!
First: This is awesome!! 😀
Second: I echo Alex’s comments 😛
Title scare: it didn’t even cross my mind. There’s just no way. Like, none. 🙂
Gary, you have given a lot to the community for sure. Appreciate what you have done and wish you well on the next adventure. Looking to do my part too. Big Shoes to fill LOL
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Great news. Looking forward to seeing what you’ve got in store for us!