It is often said that life, adventure, challenge, growth, etc, begins at the end of your comfort zone. Like all much-abused aphorisms, that is both true and not. Yes, growth comes from outside your comfort zone, but then your comfort zone just becomes bigger. Before I get ahead of myself though, I should introduce myself….
Tämä kirjoitus on luettavissa myös suomeksi. From a young age, I’ve been interested in computers. That probably comes from our family tree, as my grandad was a home appliance repairer and father has had a career related to the Internet since the early 2000s dot-com boom. I remember looking at schematics of different household appliances…
At the age of 62, I finally feel like I’ve found success, and I hope I wear it well. It doesn’t wrap me in the look I’d imagined, however. It feels like quality material, sure, but not ostentatious or high-falutin’ or fancy-pants. (Well, maybe there’s the occasional fancy-pants aspect of it, which I’ll be sure…
ഈ ഉപന്യാസം മലയാളത്തിലും ലഭ്യമാണ് I will never forget the day I turned 22. I was officially at the lowest point in life as I woke up that morning. While my peers were employed with multinational companies or pursuing higher education at top universities worldwide, I had just been fired from my first “job” and was…
Це есе також доступно українською. Hey there! My name is Artemy, and I am from Ukraine. I’ve been working with WordPress since 2018. I specialize in WordPress backend development: I build and support WordPress plugins, third-party integrations, and other cool custom features. If you ask me why I love WordPress and why I decided to…
இக்கட்டுரை தமிழிலும் பதிவிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. Over the years, I found myself making less ambitious choices with respect to my studies and career, because I feared that I may not be able to meet the demands of ambitious choices. Eventually, when I quit my Software Engineer position at Novell, it was for the same reason. I could not…
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…
這篇文章同時有繁體中文版本。」 I’m Huanyi Chuang (Eric) from Taiwan. I’ve been participating in the WordPress community for several years. Of course, this experience isn’t long compared with other people’s experiences in the open-source communities. Still, I have learned a lot by joining this fantastic group and am eager to share my experience. Why I Started I started…
I arrived in Japan a little over a decade ago to experience the country, its culture, and all it had to offer in all its glory. This was a singular goal for me since primary school, and I pursued it without putting much thought as to how I’d live there if I ever made it…
I would like to share a glimpse of my experience from this tiny but adventurous journey. I would start with the culture of the city I was born in “Lake city Udaipur” located in the state of Rajasthan. It’s a beautiful city with a sparkling culture but also a bit of rigidness about girls’ education….
