@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin When you only know one skill in web development you miss out on solutions using other technologies. Going broad about different knowledge expands your base and the potential to see new solutions.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin @aaronjorbin spends less time coding PHP or JavaScript these days and more time coding in Excel as a director.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin Being intermediate is not bad.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin The biggest part of your developer career will be as an intermediate developer. Being a senior developer is not easy. Not everyone wants to be a senior level developer.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin You’ll see junior developers, developers, and senior developers. But not intermediate developers.

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@WordCampLanc @aaronjorbin “My first job I was a Senior Backend Engineer. How could I be a senior engineer in my first job?” @aaronjorbin

Ignore job titles. Job titles are worthless in tech.

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Last talk before the panel @WordCampLanc

“Intermediate Topics in WordPress Development” by @aaronjorbin

2019.lancasterpa.wordcamp.org/se…

@daljo628 A solution that ships is much better than the perfect solution that never gets off the ground.

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@daljo628 It’s not just money constraints but time constraints. Story of an organization using a developer building a highly customized theme and it didn’t work the day it was supposed to go live. Biting off more than they could chew resulted in scrambling at the last minute.

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@daljo628 “Adding DOT COM to the end of any business isn’t going to result in more profits. We saw this during the DOT COM Bubble.” – @daljo628

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@daljo628 “CMSes are simple. I should just build my own” – something every developer has thought at one point or another. This is a bad idea 99.999% of the time.

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@daljo628 Do things that Don’t Scale by @paulg – paulgraham.com/ds.html

Why we’re doing things that don’t scale by @jasonfried – signalvnoise.com/posts/3589-why-…

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@daljo628 “If your business failed it probably isn’t because you used a free theme. If it was, the theme probably wasn’t actually the problem” – @daljo628

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@daljo628 Junkyard Wars TV Show: Teams that won got something that could work at the end of the day versus trying to build the ultimate robot that didn’t work.

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@daljo628 Iteration is not failure. Your first step at something doesn’t need to last forever – just long enough to get you to the next step.

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@daljo628 Speed vs. Sustainability when running your business.

Do you want to do it yourself? Or pay someone to do it?

Buy it later when you have the money? Or buy it on credit?

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@daljo628 Runway: The amount of time your startup has until you go out of business. How long you to take off before you crash and burn 🛫💥

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@WordCampLanc It’s actually at kingkool68.com/wp-templating/

@daljo628 Buying in bulk or investing is a gamble.

You’re betting you’re going to use it all. If you don’t you lose money.

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@daljo628 But when you’re small you can start small and use a shared host from your favorite web host you haven’t had a bad experience with yet.

Use a free theme from the WordPress repository

And sell product on demand

“smaller profit, but less risk”

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