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STARTING OFF RIGHTWITH WORDPRESS(Advice, Skills, Training, Resources)
Nick & Sandi Batik
@nick_batik / @sandi_batik / hansonwp.com
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Or: Don’t Do What I Did Life is too short to learn from your own mistakes
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Working hard, Working Alone, Re-writing WordPress
Life Lesson: Don’t Work Alone
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Dev Cod(e) share - a fish story
Life Lesson: Share Freely – Information (just like fish) goes bad quickly
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Marketing copy omits the messy How-to details
Life Lesson: Know your strengths, grow your skills,but be willing to abandon bad decisions
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Life Lesson: Ask for support, Support OthersThe WP101 Plugin is always a good idea
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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
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Scope Creep: adding features, ideas, and more people
Life Lesson: Tell your client “Great! Let’s add that in phase 2.”
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Some people want a lot, but won’t pay for a lot
Life Lesson: Some jobs are too expensive. Walk away.
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Life Lesson: Celebrate. You never know what you’ll learn
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Get to the front of the room
Life Lesson: Being a leader makes you the expertYou’d be amazed who notices.
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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.
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Google the error message
Life Lesson: Don’t make things too complicated. Sometimes the answer is in front of you.
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Find a mentor. Mentor someone else.
Life Lesson: Open Source is not just software –its a way of life.