From 9e450f1234c54b0492242c5cf54fc4abdbe2f3e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Baines Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 22:20:36 +0100 Subject: Add post --- posts/first_week_at_thread.mdwn | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/first_week_at_thread.mdwn diff --git a/posts/first_week_at_thread.mdwn b/posts/first_week_at_thread.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..edf8647 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/first_week_at_thread.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +[[!meta title="First Week at Thread" ]] + +On Monday I started working on [[Thread|https://thread.com/]]. A 3 year old +startup that has set out to reinvent how the world buys clothes. + +On arrival, I began setting my office machine up with Debian, and left it +cloning the rather large git repository while I and the rest of the company +went out to a nearby pub for lunch. By the end of the day I had my office +machine setup, my name on the [[website|https://www.thread.com/help]] and had +begun working on a small feature for the order management part of the site. + +On Tuesday, work came to a halt at 11:30. Everyone set of to [[London +Fields|http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/51.5402/-0.0601]] for the picnic in +celebration of Thread's 3rd birthday. + +Wednesday was actually normal as far as I can remember, Thursday featured a +office movie night, and today (Friday) I had published my first contribution to +the site, along with enjoying my first office lunch. + +Thread use a great set of technologies, Python, Django, PostgreSQL and Debian. +I have learned loads in just my first week, and I can't wait to get stuck in +over the next few weeks. -- cgit v1.2.3