[teampractices] How deviantART organizes its work

Thu Dec 5 20:48:54 UTC 2013

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.

Matt Flaschen