On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Matthew Flaschen <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 11/27/2013 11:45 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: > >> "Coming on board · When you make it past the interview stage we’ll do >> a project together on contract, typically lasting between 3-8 weeks, >> to see how we work together. When you join full-time, regardless of >> your position, you’ll do customer support for WordPress.com for your >> first three weeks. We believe this early connection with the people >> who use our products is irreplaceable." >> http://automattic.com/work-with-us/ >> > > ING DIRECT also does/did the second part (customer support time, even if > hired as a software engineer), though I don't think that long. > > If we wanted something analogous, it could be bug triage. In Product, we've done an exercise where new PMs or designers go make Wikipedia edits. I think the point is to learn about and empathize with your users, so for this it works well. -- Steven Walling, Product Manager https://wikimediafoundation.org/
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