WordPress: the untapped treasure for leverage.
Chidiebere Chukwudi leveraged WordPress to accelerate his career and then grew to teach the community how to do the same.
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The Stone That Turned Out to Be Gold – My WordPress Journey
Moses Cursor Ssebunya writes about how his investigation of WordPress turned it from junk to gold for him.
Values, Privileges, and Responsibility – Werte, Privilegien und Verantwortung
Stefan Kremer is a German living in Kenya, where he leverages principles he learned early in life to enhance open source, WordPress, and society in general.
Privileged
Privileged! That’s one weird way to begin a story but that is where I will kick off. Do not be deceived! I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth nor did I miss a meal in a day, however, there are many others in the community who have a different story to…
Becoming a Global Citizen
Nigel Rogers from Harare, Zimbabwe writes about how his experiences in the WordPress community taught him how to be a global citizen.
Never give up on your dreams – Moet nooit jou drome laat vaar nie
Die opstel is ook beskikbaar in Afrikaans. For years and years, I always wanted to do websites. I dabbled in coding with HTML and CSS had one website go live within 3 months, but everybody who has done coding, also know, that it is very time consuming, something as a mom, I don’t have much…
From WordPress to Freedom
Hello there! Do you know that having a WordPress knowledge can change your life for good? Yes! It can. In the last half of 2020 which of course can be said as the pandemic year, I made more than $750 (₦300,000) creating websites with WordPress. Perhaps I could have made more even as a beginner,…
Hello World – Hevo Nyika
Unokwanisa kuverenga rondedzero iyi muChiShona So I chose a career in Web Development!! To be honest it’s kind of funny when I think about it and quite surreal to be here talking about my story. It has been a journey and I would like to share my story with you. I have been lucky in…
WordPress Saved My Life
This probably is the first time I will be telling my story because I have always lived a fairly secret live. I am from Nigeria where I was born and still live in. I know we are all stereotyped as scammers and thieves but trust me, a lot of us own and operate legit (online)…
WordPress Gave Me the Perfect Identity
How it all began… I remember when cybercafés started trending in Nigeria; I had just finished high school and was awaiting my results for admittance into the university. I would spend not less than 10 hours surfing the internet every day, all my pocket money went into buying bulk time at cafes. My first email…