Year 1994 “What do you want to become?”, asked a teacher. “A Software Engineer!”, replied a boy Teacher: “Why?” Boy: “My Mom wants me to become an engineer!” Flash forward … Year 2010 A postgraduate from NYU in Computer Science got placed in Time Inc. as a Front End Developer! He calls his mom and…
One year ago, on March 25, 2015, we published the very first HeroPress essay. It was by Andrey “Rarst” Savchenko, and titled “Finding Your Place“. It’s been an amazing journey for me (Topher) personally. I’ve met a huge number of amazing people in the last year, far more than did essays. People who’ve enlightened me,…
Being born in a middle class Indian-family, you won’t always be the one to make your life decisions, usually it will be your family. It’s really simple; if you are good at science, maths or computers, you will try your best to crack IIT, and if you’re good at accounting/commerce then you will have to…
Writing 7yrs of journey in one post is very tough for me. There are lot of learnings & memories associated with WordPress. Without WordPress I don’t have an online presence & the simplicity of publishing has provided me a voice that is heard. Whenever I am heard I got a response from the wider community…
History I look back and remember FrontPage, Macromedia & wonderful Geocities – I think it’ll be safe to call it WordPress of 90’s! I was a young kid and was really fascinated with the web and more so in how it was built and Geocities left a positive mark which gave initial kick start to…
Last September I (Topher) went to WordCamp Pune and did a GoFundMe to pay for the trip. I promised any extra money from the GoFundMe would be used to sponsor a WordCamp that needed it. I had $170.00US left over, and it went to WordCamp Seattle. Since the GoFundMe was a personal venture to send…
I developed reading habit very early. In fact I can’t recall my childhood without memories of Chacha Chaudhary comics and Champak. During high school (in 8th class), a new teacher, Kunal Sir, joined our school. He wanted to re-open school library which was closed since a long time. I volunteered for this task and as…
This is hopefully the first of a new kind of post on HeroPress. This post is about someone doing something heroic with WordPress, but it doesn’t quite fit the essay model. I’d love feedback on what you think. A couple weeks ago Matt Cromwell sent me a note on Slack that said “Did you meet…
With a growing economy, in a third-world country, the absence of proper education, and lack of local resources to learn about technology, persistence and self-motivation are the key factors to get a successful career, or create a successful, and strong, startup business. Weak Education System, and Economy Unfortunately, we have a weak education system in…
My goal with HeroPress has never been to help people directly. The idea was to find someone who’s solved a problem and have them tell how, so that people with that same problem can see a way out. I have no idea if that’s ever been successful. Many people have told me that the essays are…