The WPCareerSummit is Scheduled This year’s WPCareerSummit will be held October 20 online. Registration is free and open now. Our Call for Speakers is also open, as is the Call for Sponsors. Questions? Let me know! You can follow my weekly tweet thread where I post ten companies that are hiring in WordPress. (Been laid… Continue reading Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending July 21
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Community Roundup Week Ending July 21
WCUS is One Month Away! WordCamp US is coming quickly. Will you be there? The mad dash of procuring tickets, sharing tickets, and buying tickets from one another is in full swing. In our WCUS-2023 Slack Channel, there’s a bit of wheeling and dealing going on. If you’re looking for a ticket, don’t be afraid… Continue reading Community Roundup Week Ending July 21
Member Spotlight: Patrick Posner
Patrick Posner is a self-employed WordPress developer who is building, maintaining, and selling several popular WordPress products, from Simply Static – the most popular static site generator plugin for WordPress to OllieWP, together with Mike McAlister, where they build the future of WordPress themes. What do you enjoy most about working in WordPress? The community.… Continue reading Member Spotlight: Patrick Posner
Community Roundup Week Ending July 14
Accessibility This week I wrote about the SLAPP lawsuit that Audio Eye filed against accessibility expert, and WordPress community member, Adrian Roselli. The conversation over in the Post Status #club channel was enthusiastically supportive of Adrian and his messages about accessibility and against overlays. Mike Demo also covered it in the Business Roundup this week.… Continue reading Community Roundup Week Ending July 14
Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending July 14
According to LinkedIn, there are over 20,000 jobs available in WordPress, so why does it seem that for those who are job seeking it’s hard to find a job. And why are there hundreds of applicants for each position? At this year’s WPCareerSummit, we hope to help with that. This year’s event will be held… Continue reading Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending July 14
Member Spotlight: Carl Alexander
Carl Alexander is a PHP developer from Montréal, Canada. He’s the solo founder of Ymir, a serverless DevOps platform for WordPress. He also has a website where he publishes articles regularly. It’s his way to help the WordPress community with these hard-to-learn topics. It’s also why he was excited to speak at WordCamp Asia in… Continue reading Member Spotlight: Carl Alexander
Community Roundup Week Ending July 7
WordCamp Dhaka Canceled It doesn’t happen often (I think the last time was due to COVID in 2020), but recently the decision was made to cancel WordCamp Dhaka. When companies attempt to exert influence on the planning process, the Community Team must step in to mediate. In this instance, we have decided to cancel WordCamp… Continue reading Community Roundup Week Ending July 7
Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending July 7
This week I was asked to contribute my ideas on finding a job in WordPress on the WPRiders blog. While there’s no one right answer to finding a job in tech (or WordPress, specifically) there are always ways to improve your résumé, brush up on your interview skills, and find new places to search. You… Continue reading Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending July 7
Member Spotlight: Lana Miro
I’m Lana, 27 years old, but I feel much older :D. Why? I suppose because I attended so may events, offline conferences, and trainings during my university time. So it allowed me to travel abroad, meet new people, and gain much knowledge (mainly about the environment and community influence). Thus, when Covid time came, let… Continue reading Member Spotlight: Lana Miro
Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending June 30
It continues to be a tough job market in tech. With the amount of layoffs over the last six months, it’s easy to see how there are hundreds of applicants for almost any opening. Our jobs board can help! Here’s hoping the second half of 2023 is kinder! Also, follow my weekly tweet thread where… Continue reading Jobs & Career Roundup Week Ending June 30