How I Became a WordPress Evangelist in About Two Weeks
D.J. Billings from Los Angeles, California writes about finding, falling in love with, and making a career out of WordPress.
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Being a freelancer can be the most stable thing in Taco land
Este ensayo también está disponible en español. I am a very lucky person. I studied software engineering at a private university, I’m white, straight, handsome, and I live in Taco land. I could have easily joined a multinational but there was always something that stopped me. It was probably that I felt I didn’t fit…
Changing The World, Changing Me
WordPress was created when I was 10 years old. I try to imagine myself at 10 and the only images I can conjure up are ones of anxiety. My world both felt so small and was so small yet what I felt seemed so big. I don’t look back fondly on those years. I was…
Changing Careers Into WordPress
If you’re looking to change careers into technology, WordPress is a great way to do it. In 2013, I was in a career counselor’s office. Just realizing that I needed to change careers out of music, almost the only thing I had known for the last 20 years: Aside from feeling like a huge failure,…
Marginalized
When I was asked to write an essay for HeroPress, I humbly accepted due to my desire to help others. HeroPress needs a post and perhaps something I say could have a positive impact on another person. Little did I realize that having to write as a “marginalized” individual would cause me to want to…
Second Chances: How A Trip Back Into The WordPress Community Saved My Life
Often, we refuse change and don’t get a second opportunity to make things right. But for me, June 17, 2017, changed my life forever. A life-threatening heart event forced me to start over and in the short time since WordPress helped me rediscover myself and to do the things I truly love. At 10 am…
How the WordPress community contributes to human development
In the beginning WordPress being an “open-source” platform concept was only an idea by Matt Mullenweg that was supposed to gather people to contribute for free for a greater cause with no guaranteed success. The idea to gather people around a vague and non-profit cause would not have succeeded without the generosity of WordPress pioneers,…
Embrace Who You Are and Others Will Follow
Wondering how a university drop out with ADHD and a criminal record found a spot in the WordPress community? Read on to see why it’s often your “faults” that can make you a major asset to any product team. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a knack for spotting an opportunity to…
Finding My Way With WordPress
Wow, HeroPress! How did I even get here? Why am I even here? I’m hardly a hero after reading so many inspiring stories. Let me tell you mine. I do this with my usual reluctance which I will explain in a bit. The Beginning I got started with WordPress about 10 years ago. I was…
History and Future of Kids Heroes in WordPress
Kids events are not a new thing in the WordCamp and WordPress event space, however, the number of these events happening around the world are on the rise. Kids events focus on teaching children how to become content creators, creative thinkers, and even business owners. Numerous repeat attendees have morphed their personal blogs into businesses…