I help people build their sites and work out bugs and issues they’re running into, whether that’s platform or user-based.
It’s a pretty run-of-the-mill customer service job, but Squarespace as a company is incredible, people- and benefits-wise. I’ve definitely thought about looking elsewhere for a job (who hasn’t - plus I’ve been there almost 4 years) but I don’t have a degree and other companies wouldn’t pay me as much, allow me to be as flexible in terms of working from home and definitely wouldn’t have the same health or lifestyle benefits.
Plus, they’re super queer-friendly and are actively working on becoming a more diverse workplace, both race- and orientation-wise.
As far as what I do outside of work:
I have a great, weird, funny, self-assured 5 year old (Auguste). He cracks me up, makes me so mad and basically makes my heart spill over with love. He splits time between our house and my ex-husband’s house (where he also has a step-sister and step-mom who are out of this world).
I’ve got a hilarious, beautiful, kind and hard-working partner (Stephanie) who I’ve known since I was 15 (sometimes it’s a slow burn, kids). We live together in the suburbs in a house we bought and are now renovating ourselves (what the fuck were we thinking) and we love to travel, are total foodies and have champagne taste (on a ranier budget). We DIY like crazy and are learning how to successfully make over a house via YouTube videos.
I used to sing in a band and music is a passion of mine, but my life sort of fell apart about 4 years ago when I realized I was gay (and married to a man) so I’ve been putting it back together ever since. The band was definitely a casualty of that (my ex-husband and I played together in it) but now that we have a big house with a big garage, I’m going to be creating a studio where I can play and record music and start exploring that side of myself again, which I’m really excited about.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I guess that’s about all I can think of now. I’m a pretty open book, so anyone is always welcome to ask me questions and I’ll happily answer them.