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Kostas Kouratoras

When is an employee highly valued by his colleagues? When he ... is very knowledgeable, is very detailed in his work, knows how to move from strict to flexible and is always totally reliable Konstantinos Kouratoras tries not to disappoint his colleagues’ opinions of himself.  Kostas (as everyone calls him) comes from Crete, so let’s meet him: Me wandering around the streets of Brugges Kostas, what did you want to be when growing up? I grew...

May 29, 2018

Helena Petridou

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Remote Work on Land, Water, and Wheels

Who said that remote work was all about working from home? What are the nicest or, even, the weirdest places you can imagine yourself working from remotely? The most typical place to work from is home, true. This is a great advantage if you want to move to other cities or countries to experience new cultures, as well as if you really need to relocate for personal reasons.  As Nigel Anderson, one of our Toolset Supporters, -told us, “working remotely...

May 17, 2018

Laura de Figueiredo

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Happy and healthy people behind WPML and Toolset plugins – Part II

We all work remotely and keeping a good work-life balance is important for OnTheGoSystems, and our scholarship program continues to promote it. Last year we had this post about how our company members are using this program where we also explained what the program was exactly about. We want to focus more on “doing” things, whether that’s courses people have always wanted to try or taking part in enjoyable activities to become healthier and/or more physically active. In all, we...

April 18, 2018

Laura de Figueiredo

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Christian Cox

How do you feel about trying something new, whether it be implementing an unfamiliar tool or accepting a new challenge?   Do you hesitate? Does even the thought of taking on something new cause you anxiety? Be assured that such feelings are quite normal and can even have a positive impact on your performance.

April 16, 2018

Helena Petridou

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Andreas Panagiotopoulos

To ensure our clients are purchasing high-quality products, work done by our developers needs to be verified. For this purpose, OTGS employs a team of In-development testers and Quality Assurance specialists. Their role is very important and comes with significant responsibilities. Let’s meet one such tester and QA specialist - Andreas Panagiotopoulos from Argos, Greece. Andreas completed his Bachelor and 2 Masters at the university in Athens and, although his time at present is divided between Athens and Argos, he...

March 14, 2018

Helena Petridou

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Konstantinos Galanakis

Konstantinos Galanakis is leading an important and crucial Toolset effort with Views compatibility - a huge task involving learning new technologies.

February 21, 2018

Helena Petridou

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Ana Couto

“She is pure gold here in the company.” Family fun Want to give your best to your work? Would you be encouraged by someone who is willing to share, who is open to discussion and suggestions, who fixes those frustrating issues for you with a big, beautiful smile? Let’s meet Ana Couto from Odivelas a municipality northwest of Lisbon, Portugal. Ana and her partner and 2 young daughters are outdoor people. They love jogging, spending time...

February 19, 2018

Helena Petridou

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Jakub Milczarek

How would you describe Jakub Milczarek in one word? Meticulous, Straightforward, Adventurous? His colleagues say: Meticulous: Jakub spent long long loooong hours talking with different people about their needs and dreams about the support forum and preparing designs afterwards. Then, when we were at the implementation stage, he was there at every single step commenting on every margin, every search result, and every still redundant text or button. Straightforward: He proposed really BOLD changes. I don't think any of us...

December 18, 2017

Helena Petridou

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Dimitris Mitsis

Who dares to step into Andrea’s shoes when he’s on vacation? Who introduced CodeCeption integration tests? Read on… It’s 9.00am. Dimitris Mitsis quickly makes sure he’s online and visible to his teammates so they won’t file a missing-person report – it’s happened before! Well, that’s a good start to the day, Dimitri! Then what? First, I review the tests report. I’ve configured the automated tests to run daily so usually, I spent the first minutes of my day trying to...

November 9, 2017

Helena Petridou

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George Botsev

Close friends like to share their stories and memories and George Botsev is no exception. People he works with say he has an enviable deep knowledge of WPML, he is very dedicated and is always there to help with challenging questions.  But what is the man behind the screen really like and what influenced his life? First, I asked him about his childhood and youth. George, what did you want to be when growing up? I remember that the first...

October 23, 2017

Helena Petridou