Contributing to WordPress For Professional Development

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@Japh  

@humanmadeltd

and What?

WHERE?

Where?4

Accessibility

Documentation

TV

Core

Design

Training

Plugins

Met

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Comm

unity

Flow

Mobile

Support

Polyglots

Themes

What?5

Accessibility

Documentation TVCore

Design Training

Plugins

Meta

Community

Flow

Mobile Support

PolyglotsThemes

PHP HTML CSS

JS Bugs Tests

iOS Android

Windows Blackberry

Codex Developer  Reference

Inline  Docs

Handbooks

UI UX

Mockups

Forums

IRC

TranslationsReviews Distribution

Tools

Distribution

Tools

WordPress.org

Localised  Sites

Meet  ups

WordCampsHack  days

Mentorship Diversity

Course  Materials

Post-­‐production

Subtitles

WordCamp.org

GlotPress

HOW?

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WordPress.org Profile

Slack WordbenchMake blogs

How?

Start talking to people…

Everyone  has  something  to  offer!  You’ll  be  surprised  how  useful  the  very  skills  you  have  are  to  the  community.

WHY?

Why?9

01LearnNew  skills,  such  as  coding,  team  work,  management,  and  written  /  spoken  language  skills.

02Personal profileGet  to  know  people,  and  they  get  to  know  you.  Your  reputation  improves  the  more  you  help  others.  People  like  to  help  those  who  have  helped  them  in  the  past.

03Be part of something biggerWordPress  powers  almost  25%  of  the  internet.  There’s  a  lot  of  opportunity  to  be  a  part  of  a  project  that  does  so  much  for  the  internet  and  in  so  many  ways.

04Give back

It’s  such  an  encouraging  and  giving  community.  After  gaining  so  much,  it’s  

enriching  to  contribute  something  back  and  help  others.  Maybe  even  other  newcomers.

05Business profile

If  you’re  a  freelancer  or  work  for  a  business  that  uses  WordPress  in  some  way,  your  

contributions  are  also  a  reflection  on  your  business  or  employer.  Build  positivity!

06Awareness

Being  a  part  of  the  community  gives  you  opportunity  to  be  aware  of  what’s  going  on  around  you.  New  features  in  

WordPress,  new  useful  plugins,  completed  translations,  and  other  community  members  who’s  skills  might  prove  useful.

WHO?

Who?11

PluginsReleased  plugins

AccessibilityWorked  on  the  accessibility  and  security  teams

CoreContributed  to  core  since  WordPress  2.3

CommunitySpoken  at  WordCamps  

Leads  contributor  days  at  WordCamps

JOHN BLACKBOURN“My  WordPress  contributions  were  fairly  instrumental  in  me  getting  a  job  at  CFTP,  and  subsequently  Automattic  and  Human  

Made.  …  

All  of  this  has  helped  my  professional  development  with  regard  to  getting  paid  cold  hard  cash  for  doing  my  job,  and  continually  getting  better  at  many  aspects  of  development  work,  public  speaking,  and  managing  people.”

https://twitter.com/johnbillion  https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnbillion

Who?12

BRONSON QUICK

https://twitter.com/bronsonquick  https://profiles.wordpress.org/bronsonquick

PluginsContributed  to  Google  App  Engine,  Import  from  Ning,  BuddyPress  Achievements,  and  WooCommerce  plugins

OtherCo-­‐creator  and  maintainer  for  Chassis  Host  of  the  WP  Dev  Table  podcast

CoreContributed  to  WordPress  core

CommunityOrganised  and  spoken  at  meetups  

Sponsored  meetups  Organised  and  spoken  at  WordCamps  

WordPress  Training

“My  contributions  to  both  WordPress  core  and  the  community  helped  me  get  the  opportunity  to  meet  leaders  in  the  WordPress  industry  and  eventually  the  ability  to  merge  our  company  with  a  like  minded  WordPress  company!”

Who?13

JENNY WONG“Since  joining  Human  Made,  I’ve  been  asked  to  go  to  the  Community  Summit  by  Jen  Mylo  (  which  for  me  was  a  surprise,  since  I  didn’t  even  realise  she  knew  who  I  was  ),  got  invited  to  speak  at  WCSF  2014,  I’ve  gotten  more  speaking  engagements,  people  

ask  me  to  come  and  convince  their  local  community  to  contribute  to  the  WordPress  ecosystem”

https://twitter.com/miss_jwo  https://profiles.wordpress.org/miss_jwo

CommunitySpoken  at  WordPress  meetups  

Spoken  at  WordCamps  Organised  WordPress  contributor  days  

Community  team  deputy  CommHub  project  lead  

Bridging  the  WordPress  and  PHP  communities

Who?14

TAREI KING

https://twitter.com/tareiking  https://profiles.wordpress.org/tareiking

CommunityWordCamp  volunteer

ThemesReviewer  on  the  Theme  Review  Team  

Theme  author  of  the  Om  Connect  theme

Who?15

PAUL GIBBS

https://twitter.com/pgibbs  https://profiles.wordpress.org/pgibbs

CommunitySpoken  at  WordCamps  about  BuddyPress  Organised  meetup  groups  Volunteer  at  WordCamps

PluginsBuilt  plugins  for  BuddyPress

OtherOrganising  a  BuddyPress  conference

Who?16

PETYA RAYKOVSKA“My  work  on  the  project  has  taught  me  tons  –  most  of  all  patience,  humility  and  appreciation  for  cultural  and  personal  

diversity.  I  also  truly  believe  it  is  the  primary  reason  I  got  to  be  a  part  of  HM  –  the  most  wonderful  WordPress  crew  out  there.”

https://twitter.com/petyeah  https://profiles.wordpress.org/petya

CommunitySpoken  at  WordCamps  and  meetups  Contributing  to  the  community  team,  helping  organisers  Bridging  Community  and  Polyglots  teams

PolyglotsContributed  as  a  translator  for  bg_BG  Helping  the  Polyglots  team  as  a  whole

WHEN?

When?18

“I  hear  and  I  forget

I  see  and  I  remember

I  do  and  I  understand”

Why not now?

Thank you!

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Japh@Japh  

@humanmadeltd