2 Years and Counting

A little over 2 years ago I was preparing for my graduation from Smith College, working part-time with EllisLab, and going slightly insane.

In the midst of all of this, Les asked me to join EllisLab full-time.

The rest is a matter of history - of course I accepted, who amongst us would turn down such an incredible opportunity?

On June 4th, 2007 I went from part-time to full-time to begin what has been a whirlwind of learning and growing, making new friends, being part of an incredible team, and learning how to shape our presence to better serve the community.

To celebrate my 2 year full-time anniversary I wanted to share a brief update with you, the community—one of the main reasons for my personal success.

In the time since I have joined we have grown the company immensely.  We have had several new Technical Support Specialists come on board, allowing Robin to move up to Code Mechanic.  Pascal also joined us as a TSS and quickly moved on to join the development team as our second Code Mechanic.  Greg Aker and John Donovan joined us to become highly successful in helping the community.  John’s addition to the team allowed us to greatly extend our support hours.

Early in the two years I reviewed our main, community-input resource: the wiki - cleaning out old articles, updating several articles, and categorizing all articles.  As I read through each of those articles my pride continued to grow as I realized just how much my “pet project” had grown and been adopted by and adapted to the very users it was created to help.

As to the future?  I love my work and part of that is improving the experience for everyone that has made myself and the team so successful.  I can’t tell you how exciting it is to be a part of such an awesome team and amazing community.

That is it for this update.  It has been an incredible ride and I am eagerly looking forward to the continuing adventure.

-Lisa