@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 “First thing in the morning, end of day in the evening are the best time to work. I can’t do anything between 12:30 and 2pm so I don’t.” @leedrozak

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 How do you set boundaries so you don’t lose your mind but keep clients happy?

“When I started I didn’t have boundaries. Impeded on family time. Now I set boundaries that no one crosses. No work after 2pm on Fridays. Its ok to take breaks. ” @leedrozak

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 “The way our business structure is in USA is not supportive of parents. I work at weird time. I use boomerang for GMail so my clients don’t know I send emails at midnight” @bethsoderberg

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 “always got in trouble for being too motivated. Always got scolded for moving out of my defined role. I’m motivated by experimenting and being able try different things. Freedom of choosing my own schedule.”

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 Each business is different, success is different for everyone. Some like money, some like freedom to travel or spend time with family. @leedrozak

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 Working for yourself requires a personality where you can motivate yourself. @TaraClaeys

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 “The WordPress community, there is nothing else like it. Sort of competitive nature, seeing what other people are doing helps me stay motivated. So open and sharing and giving back.” @TaraClaeys

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 “Thought I wasn’t going to like managing people, leading leaders, making bigger things happen than he could do on his own. Might not be for everyone.” @JosephHHoward

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 Staying motivated, personal traditions for success

Coming to WordCamps, talking to customers, helping people, and the team he built @JosephHHoward

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 Having a support system like a partner with health insurance benefits makes the transition to solo work easier says @TaraClaeys

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 Started business part time, tried the stay-at-home mom thing, decided to start her business full time instead of commuting 1.5 hours each way for a traditional job @leedrozak

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 Was let go. Started his company 9 months before so he had something to fall back on. @JosephHHoward

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 Moonlighting often leads to easing in to leaving and working on your own.

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@WordCampLanc @bethsoderberg @JosephHHoward @leedrozak @TaraClaeys @charlie3 “When did you know you could leave a traditional job and run your own business?”

Since I started learning to code. I recognized I was not a good employee – @bethsoderberg

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Job Levels Metaphor (part 2)

Level 4 (Advanced) – Understands rope making
Level 5 (Expert) – Knows more about rope than anyone else in the company
Level 6 (Principal) – Knows more about rope than anyone else period

See open.buffer.com/career-framework…

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin Job Levels Metaphor

Level 1 (Entry) – Learning about Rope
Level 2 (Developing) – Can tie basic knots, participates as others tie complex knots
Level 3 (Career) – Ties complex knots, calculates rope length, knows a lot about knots

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin If you’re trying to become a senior developer but don’t know where to go, reach out to @aaronjorbin and he will see how he can help.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin A couple of years ago Core added the term taxonomy database table. Took several releases to get done in an iterative work. Those are not simple for some of the biggest WordPress sites on the web.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin To get away from being on a team of one was to work on open source. Let the whole world review your code and get feedback on it for free, for the good of the project.

“Contribute to WordPress. Most of us are nice.”

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin What if you’re a team of one?

“I was really bad at being on a team of one. The boss was horrible” – @aaronjorbin

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