Remember, remember, the fun of November - summary of the month

5 things that made us happy during November

Hi MTV, welcome to my crib!

Last Saturday we woke up early and went to the office.😴 Sounds awful, right? Wrong! It was the first edition of the new twist on our Dev College event - #DevCollegeCombo! 🎉This time it lasted a whole day and contained 12 presentations and workshops. Obviously, in the true Merixstudio fashion, it ended with beer and pizza.🍻🍕🍻 We couldn't be happier with how it went - hope to see you again on #DevCollegeCombo2! #devcollege #conference #workshop #presentation #webdevelopment #saturday #learning #knowledge #frontend #backend #projectmanager #ux #scrum #excited #programmer #levelup #networking #afterhours #ITindustry #happy #softwarehouse #poznan #merixstudio

Post udostępniony przez MERIXSTUDIO (@merixstudio) 28 Lis, 2017 o 3:08 PST

I couldn’t start this summary of the month without talking about the biggest thing that happened during November! If you know our software house, then you know that we're more than happy to organise an event. You probably even met some of us at Django Hotspot or Dev College. But we wanted more! That's why we decided to create Dev College Combo - an event that combines Django Development, React Development, Quality Assurance, and the other parts of web development. And if we can show off invite you to our awesome office, then it's even better! You can check out the summary of the event on our blog since (spoiler alert) it was AWESOME and we can't wait to see you again in our humble abode!

Charity never goes out of style

Say hello to the newest member of our Merixstudio family! His name is Jonathan and for the next couple of weeks he's going to be responsible for the charitable activities of our software house. His method is a bit unorthodox (staring contests may be a bit intense for some) but he's going to do whatever it takes to gather the money for @szlachetnapaczka! So you better watch out, you better not cry! #szlachetnapaczka #charity #christmas #christmsashat #christmasdiy #silly #funny #office #officechristmas #officejoke #joke #weird #newperson #webdevelopment #webdesign #softwarehouse #poznan #poland #polishitndustry #merixstudio

Post udostępniony przez MERIXSTUDIO (@merixstudio) 22 Lis, 2017 o 2:21 PST

We are working in web design, so we know a thing or two about stylish products. Just take a look at our portfolio and bask in the wonderfulness of our products. ;) With that in mind, I knew that when creating this piggybank with Ania we needed to step our game up and make something breathtaking. And while Ania came up with the creative idea of using the hat, I decided to give it a bit of a weird spin and challenge my coworkers to the uncomfortable staring contest. But why, you ask? Well, even when it's so beautiful that you can't look away, the most important feature of our creation is its inside. All of the money that is fed to our Christmas monster is going to Szlachetna Paczka, Polish charity that we support every year. As usual, my coworkers don't disappoint, but let's wait until we gather everything with patting ourselves on the back. There are too many people to help to be self-centred!

Suit up, fellas!

Are those the first seven people from #30under30? Not yet, but who knows! Their look however is not a mere coincidence - it's colleagues supporting their friend in his style makeover. As you can see on the chart, they are prepared for success! Their first accomplished? Landing this weeks #GeekShirtFriday! #businesscasual #suitup #handsome #lads #friendssupportfriends #friends #happy #silly #officelife #office #friday #friyay #stylish #webdevelopment #softwarehouse #poznan #merixstudio

Post udostępniony przez MERIXSTUDIO (@merixstudio) 17 Lis, 2017 o 4:39 PST

There's one thing that in my opinion especially makes Merixstudio an excellent workplace. It's the comradeship between people that work here - we genuinely like each other and are not afraid of both complimenting and making fun of one another. This month it so happened that one person in the office fell victim to these contradictory approaches to friendship. Our Frontend Developer Artur underwent a bit of the style change and started to wear more blazers and shirts that not only fit but also are not checkered. Not that there's something wrong with the latter, but our boy simply grew up and is not afraid to show it. And while he might've been slightly (but not cruelly!) teased about it, soon the laughs transformed into nods of approval. To stress this out the large portion of our developers decided to put a little more effort when dressing for work. There were shoes without rubber soles, classic shirts, and overall handsomeness all around. As you can see, they were really proud of the idea. And rightly so, my dudes!

How many calories are in that?!?

It's #rogal time! As every #polishindependenceday🇵🇱, Poznan is getting bonkers about the twirls called #rogaleswietomarcinskie. And so are we with the rogale from @cukiernia.jagodka, one of the most trusted rogale makers! 😍🥐Tommorow the whole Święty Marcin Street is going to celebrate its nameday - it's a great time to be living in Poznań! #swietoniepodleglosci #11listopada #happy #rogale #delicious #yum #happyoffice #officelife #friyay #webdevelopment #softwarehouse #poznan #poland #tech #merixstudio

Post udostępniony przez MERIXSTUDIO (@merixstudio) 10 Lis, 2017 o 3:27 PST

Oh boy, please don't make me explain for the hundredth time why we eat rogale on 11th of November. It a tradition in Poznań, just google it if you want to find out more about it. All you need to know is that:

• rogale are delicious,
• they are extremely calorific,
• Poznań is bonkers about them.

Combine those three factors and you'll get the office that was filled with crumbs and people hopped up on sugar. But judging by the photos we were able to overcome that and didn't put a strain on our productivity. Or some of us are just really good at pretending to work while thinking about finally eating something savoury after so many sweets. Winter bodies, here we come!

Star Wars, what is that?

You might've seen on our Stories that Paweł was working on another wall art in the office. 🎨Just check out how awesome it is! Also, who can't wait for the next star wars? As you probably can imagine, were not even sure whether we will go... 🤔 #wallart #cool #cooloffice #office #starwars #starwarsart #officelife #decor #geek #movienerds #webdevelopment #softwarehouse #poznan #merixstudio

Post udostępniony przez MERIXSTUDIO (@merixstudio) 30 Lis, 2017 o 2:00 PST

You know we love Star Wars. There are GeekShirtFridays to prove it! So there's no surprise that the new artwork on our wall is themed by this wonderful franchise. The idea came from our Project Manager Kamil, but it was drawn by the one and only, extremely talented Paweł. Oh boy, dude truly know how to work a marker!

And that's it - a short and sweet summary. Prepare for the next instalment to be much more festive and christmasy - there's an office party coming! Until then press play and enjoy December!