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Simon Wheatley

Product Management, WordPress, and some other odd things

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About Me

I’m a Product Manager and ex- WordPress developer. I used to run Code for the People, who were acquired by Automattic in 2014. I now work in the WordPress.com VIP team, we make it so that some pretty huge companies can use WordPress right in the middle of all things digital.

Want to follow me on Twitter? I’m @simonwheatley. More about me on the about me page.

Places to find me

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Manchester Product Coffee
  • ProductTank Manchester

Come and work with me!

The VIP team at Automattic is a great place to work. We’re looking for all kinds of colleagues to throw their hat into the ring with us… from VIP Developers, Platform Engineers, to Sales Executives and Relationship Managers; take a look at our careers page.

You’ve got a never-ending resource of inspiration just in front of you every day – you can see completely different approaches to building web applications on top of WordPress and you can see the way how they work in real life.
– my colleague, David Biňovec

Recent Posts

  • On statistical, and mental, models…
  • On flexibility in achieving your vision…
  • Lessons from MTPEngage Manchester 2019
  • The power of Experience Visions and the UBAD theory of Gaining Durable Buy-in
  • Thinking about “value”

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Tag: the batman

Making a Batcake™

Making a Batcake™

For this year’s Fifth Birthday, the request came in from Junior Management for a The Batman Birthday Cake. I was up late making it, but the effort paid off…

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Posted on June 14, 2018June 14, 2018Categories PersonalTags birthday cake, dadops, the batmanLeave a comment on Making a Batcake™
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