Atlassian is a successful company that creates innovative products for software developers and project managers. Some of their products are JIRA Software, Bitbucket, Confluence, and HipChat. Atlissian is used worldwide by millions of people everyday. They are based in Sydney, Australia and San Francisco, CA. The company was started in 2002 by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar in Sydney. One of the company's key quotes is, "Be the change you seek". "All Atlassians should have the courage and resourcefulness to spark
change – to make better our products, our people, our place. Continuous
improvement is a shared responsibility. Action is an independent one."Partnering with charity organization, Room to Read, they have most definitely have been living by those quotes. Atlassian donates $10 of every software starter license to help build libraries in developing countries. In 2011, they helped raise one million dollars. Another quote by Atlassian that touched me is "Build with heart and balance". Which is why this charity work in particular stuck out to me because I never really hear about major corporations speak of having a "heart", or actually giving back with a good cause. It seems like companies just want your money, but researching this company, they're more than a company, they spoke very highly of being a "team". With the new technology these days, all I ever hear my younger brother's teacher talk about is technology (the importance of having a cell phone) I hardly ever see him with a book from the school library for an assignment. Libraries are still very important and all children should be able to have access to them for their learning, studies and future. I had access to them and it's one of the main good memories I have of being a kid, visiting the library. Sshhhhhhhhh!
-Thank you Atlassian
