Welcome Wednesday: Tell us what you did this summer (or what you're planning!)

[Katie Lai - Seibert]

Howdy Atlassian Community members! 

Let’s call this a summer “work-cation” question: What have you accomplished at work this summer that you’re proud of?

OR where/how did you vacation this summer? Tell us what you’ve been up to!

Bonus points if you have photo evidence…📸

I’ll go first: this summer I went to the Hollywood Bowl for the first time! I saw a Joe Hisaishi film concert with the LA Phil, where they showed clips of Studio Ghibli movies and played an excerpt from the score of the movie. It was such a great evening and the open air venue was amazing!

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[Matthew Sinclair]

Acquired 3 ACP Certs - 420 (JSM) - 620 (Jira)  - 120 (Jira-Admin) in that order.

Course being proud of my insanity is a bit of a stretch.

Attended a Seattle Teamwork Atlassian Conference - that was fun.

Then went - still on - an Alaskan Cruise.
Glaciers - Forests - extraordinary beauty hiding in this State.

[Katie Lai - Seibert]

@Matthew Sinclair I respect your cert dedication! Kudos to you!!!

Alaska looks absolutely beautiful, enjoy your time there! 

[Matthew Sinclair]

It's been an experience to be sure!

[Karen Sterkowicz]

I was supposed to go to the Seattle Teamwork event and had to cancel due to a conflict. I was bummed! An Alaska trip is still on my To Do list.

[Amanda Barber]

Wow, what a cool venue and show, @Katie Lai - Seibert!!

We took a road trip from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania and then to Ohio back in June. It was a rally great time - starting with "glamping" in a cabin for a family reunion, followed by a stop in Pittsburgh (LOVE!), Cleveland area, and then to ride rollercoasters at Cedar Point. It felt like 3 trips in one - camping/big city/amusement park!

 

[Katie Lai - Seibert]

@Amanda Barber WOW this looks like a picture from a magazine ad, gorgeous! I want to swim in that waterfall, haha!

[Evelin Bayer - codefortynine]

Woooow, @Katie Lai - Seibert ,
what a great concert - I love Studio Ghibli ♥️ 

It's definitely on my bucket list - along with attending a concert by Anna Lapwood and seeing the Stellenbosch University Choir perform one day.

I spent a week hiking in the Picos de Europa in Spain this year. Rugged and beautiful!

[Katie Lai - Seibert]

@Evelin Bayer - codefortynine What a stunning mountain range. You are making me jealous ;) Now I need to add this to my bucket list!!!

[Arkadiusz Wroblewski]

Doing Certs one by one. Besides. I don´t know, i don´t like to keep every year my schedule very tight.

[Katie Lai - Seibert]

@Arkadiusz Wroblewski Wishing you lots of luck with the certs! 

[Dave LIAO]

@Katie Lai - Seibert - love this post!

✅ I've been able to attend / promote / host a number of in-person ACEs!

🏡 Kind of fun? I'm carving out time to plan my lodgings for Team '26 Europe... 👀

I love planning, I need to give myself time to do more of that.

[Katie Lai - Seibert]

Awesome!! ACEs are great since you get to travel and hangout with your work besties! Same with Team Europe.... are you excited for Amsterdam?!

[Brita Moorus]

This summer has been a nice mix of work and recharging for me 😊

On the work side, I’ve spent a lot of time around Atlassian, AI/Rovo, customer projects, and obtaining Atlassian certificates, so definitely a productive summer 💙

I also managed to get away to Italy for a proper vacation, which was exactly the reset I needed 🇮🇹☀️ 

[Katie Lai - Seibert]

@Brita Moorus Very nice!! Where in Italy did you visit? I hope you had allll the delicious food 😋

[John Funk]

Spent about 9 days in Morocco - always enjoy visiting there. That’s the Rock of Gibraltar in the distance on the right.