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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

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OTGS Company Event 2017 – And the Winners of the Best Shot and Video are…

Before traveling to Split, where our Company event took place this year, we announced a video and photo contest. And we have two winners already! We’d like to share with all of you. Little background first…. What the Contest was about Our contest was focused on our company subject for this year: “Work smart, not hard”. And the challenge was to present a photo or show a video taken during our Company Event in Split that best reflected the topic....

October 11, 2017

Laura de Figueiredo

Community and Events, Work and Stories

The beauty and importance of WordCamp workshops

WordCamp events are a unique way for anyone involved with WordPress to meet the community, get inspired but also learn something new. As the WordPress community grows and changes, so does the concept of WordCamps.  It is not uncommon for organizers to try new and different approaches for the activities that happen during the event. Lately, one very prominent example of this is the workshop format which usually happens on a separate, pre-conference day. Dario at...

October 9, 2017

Dario Jazbec Hrvatin

Community and Events, Work and Stories

OTGS’s 5th Annual Conference in Croatia

It’s already been sixteen days since we all split from Split! (I promise it’s the only “split” joke of the article.) Let me take you back to Croatia for a little while... Another Perspective - amazing picture taken by Dimitris with his drone This year, we were 62 people from 28 different countries coming together in one single place: Stobreč Camping near Split, Croatia. The campsite was fringed by the sea on two sides. How beautiful...

October 5, 2017

Laura de Figueiredo

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Jan Štětina

Can you guess who he is? Photo taken when visiting my friends A person who spends extra time in learning the tools, frameworks, configurations, and methodology in order to help improve his team’s complex work. Someone, whose discerning comments make you say, “Now why didn’t I think of that?” A friend who is never upset and is always happy and helpful! Not too difficult to guess who if you work closely with… Jan Štětina We have...

September 10, 2017

Helena Petridou

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Amit Kvint, a man of many talents!

Amit tells us about his family background: I was born in Israel, originally from a town close to Tel Aviv and the Mediterranean sea. My younger sister (a lawyer and a Java developer), and my parents (a retired chemist and an aviation engineer) are all based there. Like many, I wrote my first lines of code on my Spectrum Sinclair when I was 8 (Basic) - a computer bought for me by my parents. I live with my family: Limor...

August 17, 2017

Helena Petridou

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Luo Yang

People we value at OTGS are persistent, professional in every aspect of their work and very efficient. Luo Yang is one such person.  He works quietly but consistently.  A colleague said, “It’s easy to forget the tasks he takes and resolves, but his impact is very positive and it’s nice to acknowledge that.” Luo comes from Guiyang, the capital of  Guizhou province in southwest China.  It has a population of 4.3 million.  Because of its cool winters and moderate summers...

August 17, 2017

Helena Petridou