Rain or shine, we are having fun - summary of October

A lot of things have changed since last year (especially when it comes to how many new people joined us), but there are few aspects of our life that are a never-changing constant. Check out what happened this month and find out for yourself how I’m never complaining about the lack of content when it comes to describing the funsies of Merixstudio.

1. A visit of a (not so old) friend
3. Look who's back! One of our #furry friends is visiting Merixstudio's folks 🐶 It's the second time when Json paid us a visit. Wonderful! 😊 #lookwhosback #Jsonattacks #dogintheoffice #officelife #softwarehouse #merixstudio #friyay #wholetthedogsout
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5. 
   If you are a regular reader of our blog, then you probably know that our office is quite pet-friendly. So far we were Visited by Gacek, Feta, Luna, Budyń, Hefajstos, JSon, Rojber and Mila. This month one our our furry friends decided to revisit us to check out whether we are as eager to throw toys around the office as we were before. I’m happy to report that we are :) However, JSon, being true to his name, decided to not disrupt our working time and allowed us to finish our tasks. Truly a good boy!
6. Spooky is the new black
8. Friday by default is quite sweet - it's almost weekend and who doesn't love having a bit of free time! But today is even sweeter thanks to @slodkapoznan and her baking! To compliment edible ghosts and pumpkins we decided to decorate the dining room a little bit - not everything is covered in spiderweb, balloons (obviously the scary ones) and other bits and bobs! 🎃 🎈 👻 🍪 Have a delicious day! #Halloween #halloweenatwork #officehalloween #office #baking #cupcakes #cookies #delicious #merixstudio #softwarehouse #poznan
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10. 
    Last year we celebrated Halloween with photoshopping everyone into scary zombies, vampires, and ghouls. This year we ditched the appearances and went straight to another important part of this spooky day - food! The cupcakes and cookies were of course shaped like ghosts, pumpkins and other themed things - a perfect combo of stylish and tasty ;) To make this day a bit more special we also decorated our kitchen with cobwebs, floating poltergeists and (to be frank not so scary) balloons. Judging by the reaction everyone prefers a surprise you can eat :)
11. Geekiness - one of the things that never change
13. Now that autumn is in full swing we probably won't see sunsets like this for quite a while. Luckily there is always Wiesiek and his #howtotrainyourdragon t-shirt! #GeekShirtFriday #geek #geeky #geekyclothing #softwarehouse #poznan
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15. 
    #GeekShirtFriday post are a big part of our activity on Instagram - every Friday we can proudly display what shows we like, what games we play and what movies are on our “you HAVE TO watch it” lists. The undisputed champion of geekiness at Merixstudio is Wiesiek, who probably has not a t-shirt drawer, but a whole room ;) He is constantly wearing a new item of clothing that shows his pop-cultural taste - just take a look at last month, when he wore his Pokemon outfit with a swagger bigger than Kanye’s. Keep it going Wiesiek - treat the office as your personal catwalk!
16. There is no such thing as too much traveling
18. Home office is not the only way to work away from a desk! Right now Michał and Kamil are in Axel Springers Accelerator Offices, where they await to hear about early stage venture financing #susberlin #startupsafari #berlin #conference #softwarehouse
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20. 
    Another thing that never changes in Merixstudio is the fact that we are fond of leaving office once in a while. This month quite a few of us enjoyed a variety of conferences and courses - one of those people where Kamil and Michał, 2/4 of our Sales team. But who's better to describe the experience of attending Berlin Startup Safary than attendees - check out Michał’s article, which is filled with both selfies and information :)
21. Working in pajamas is still working
23. Well, we sure would like to have comfy couches instead of desks and chairs, but that's what #homeoffice is for! Anita sent us a photo of her day filled with hard PR work (but what you don't see is her dog that she is probably snuggling with right now). Oh my, everyone in the office is filled with envy right now! #work #workinghard #workinghardorhardlyworking #snugglefest #comfy #softwarehouse #poznan
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25. 
    There are days when you wake up and just think - I can’t muster my strength to get out of bed. But at the same time, you really like your job and know that there are a lot of important things that you have to take care off. Luckily, there is a solution to this conundrum - it’s called home office. At Merixstudio you can be a professional while having a messy hair and wearing a pajama - nobody will know as long as you are taking care of your tasks :)
26. Learning is fun, kids!
28. What were you doing this Saturday? We were teaching people about Django channels at our Dev College workshop:) Soon we will announce the date of the next meeting, during which we are going to work with React, so stay tuned! #webdeveloper #webdevelopment #django #djangochannels #devcellege #workshop #learning #Saturday
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30. 
    One of the things that we are particularly proud of (apart from our projects) are our DevCollege workshops, during which we are sharing with people our knowledge on various aspects of web and game development. So far we organized seven meetings - this month Miłosz and Miron talked about Django Channels, which support such solutions as Web Sockets or HTTP2. But we are not letting you and ourselves to stay out of knowledge for a long time! On the 5th of November we will be talking about (highly requested) React - check out DevCollege website for more details!
31. Autumn time means party time
33. You can't fake being this relaxed - pizza, beer and some good answers to pub quiz questions can put anyone in a good mood:) #officeparty #party #pubquiz #fun #happyoffice #softwarehouse #merixstudio #poznan
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35. 
    To end this summary on a high note, let me just tell you about the integration parties of Merixstudio. As you know, we are very fond of spending some time together with beer and food, but this time we decided to add a bit of brain activity to stuffing our faces with pizza :) That's why during the latest meetup at Lot Chmiela we divided ourselves into teams ale competed against each other during pub quiz. Luckily questions were not as hard as we feared - after eight hours of work and few beers we can't be expected to keep a conversation about meanders of politics or history :)