starting off right with wordpress- wp-bootcamp

STARTING OFF RIGHTWITH WORDPRESS(Advice, Skills, Training, Resources)

Nick & Sandi Batik

@nick_batik / @sandi_batik / hansonwp.com

Or: Don’t Do What I Did Life is too short to learn from your own mistakes

Working hard, Working Alone, Re-writing WordPress

Life Lesson: Don’t Work Alone

Dev Cod(e) share - a fish story

Life Lesson: Share Freely – Information (just like fish) goes bad quickly

Marketing copy omits the messy How-to details

Life Lesson: Know your strengths, grow your skills,but be willing to abandon bad decisions

Life Lesson: Ask for support, Support OthersThe WP101 Plugin is always a good idea

Don’t try to fix other people’s mistakes

Life Lesson: Bid every job as a new project,or have the client pay for discovery

Scope Creep: adding features, ideas, and more people

Life Lesson: Tell your client “Great! Let’s add that in phase 2.”

Some people want a lot, but won’t pay for a lot

Life Lesson: Some jobs are too expensive. Walk away.

Life Lesson: Celebrate. You never know what you’ll learn

Get to the front of the room

Life Lesson: Being a leader makes you the expertYou’d be amazed who notices.

Some things are out of your control

Life Lesson: Be sure you know whose in charge,and be willing to compromise to save a project.

Google the error message

Life Lesson: Don’t make things too complicated. Sometimes the answer is in front of you.

Find a mentor. Mentor someone else.

Life Lesson: Open Source is not just software –its a way of life.