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title: "Mario is back – this is why"
description: "We are happy to announce that our dear developer Mario has rejoined Mearra. And even happier to share the reasons why he did so."
date: "2021-03-10T08:11:35+00:00"
category: "Culture"
excerpt: "We are happy to announce that our dear developer Mario has rejoined Mearra. And even happier to share the reasons why he did so."
reading_time: "1 min 13 sec"
image: "/uploads/images/sites-default-files-2024-07-mario_is_back.png"
image_alt: "Mario Vercellotti smiling"
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I joined Mearra back in 2013 because I was interested in working internationally and with the best Drupal company in Europe.

Over the years I had worked as a developer on a variety of projects for the public and private sector, helping to build services that I feel have had an impact on people’s everyday life. Most of all, I have enjoyed meeting colleagues from different backgrounds and nationalities and making it work together.

In 2020 I decided to try new things and left Mearra to develop another interest of mine: technical and instructional writing. Yet after a year in the start-up world, I decided to rejoin Mearra and here are 5 reasons why:

1.  While it has been fun working with a completely different team, I realized I missed the inclusive culture and environment that Mearra has managed to build over the years, based on responsibility, autonomy and also fun.
2.  I learned that coding is still what I enjoy the most.
3.  We have a one-year-old at home, and work-life balance has always been taken seriously at Mearra.
4.  Mearra encouraged remote work even “before it was cool”.
5.  Probably the most important of all, I missed the amazing people!

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