While discussing the WordPress industry and the rest of the business world, my friend Ajay reminded me of why "WordPress Expert" is not a real title.
His comment made me think about the misconception of "expertism" that seems to be getting popularity around the WordPress experts who offer their services:
The issue with the WordPress indus...
After I shared my thoughts on WordPress job titles and skills and wrote about various problems with various WordPress estimates, I keep reading comments about our industry and other fields - different IT specialties, automobile mechanics, doctors and more.
In general, whilst WordPress is a fairly unique and great platform with a powerful...
I had a few meetings over the last few weeks that were focused on tight deadlines. Two of the clients were burned by other agencies who didn't deliver so they were already behind schedule and wanted the projects done ASAP. Or even - much faster than ASAP.
The Estimate Factor
I've shared my thoughts on the risks of estimating a project befo...
I have a few friends who are pretty good with WordPress development, have a few decent plugins out there and love the community. They started small and began with playing with some themes and plugins, and then learned development by building their own solutions in the evening and over the weekend.
For some of them that adventure happened...
Update Apr 29, 2015: My friend Emil from ThemeReview.co announced their Plugin Review service which I highly recommend for all plugin authors, business owners and clients - high quality means higher security, better performance and compatibility for your project.
We have these regular discussions on Open Source, the future of WordPress ...
Last week Andy Adams posted a great post - The WordPress Talent Shortage Might Be a Pricing Problem. I hadn't met Andy before, noticed the post through Brian and Jeffro, but I read it three times and I do agree with a lots of his thoughts and conclusions.
I’d like to propose that the shortage of developers might actually be a pricing pro...
Since I've started my analytical research on the community, including the client's side earlier this month, I've had plenty of examples within the broad community (all people building WordPress websites) for things that are quite alerting.
Problems in Our Ecosystem
Some of the encounters include:
Contractors taking on assignments that ...
The application form for WordCamp Europe 2015 speakers is now open and the instructions are available here - Apply to speak at WordCamp Europe 2015.
WordCamp Europe is one of the largest WordPress events in the world, and gathered over 800 WordPress fans together last year. This year's host would be Seville, Spain - a great and friendly lo...
Chris Lema posted about his approach for Estimating Without Requirements and this is one of the most brilliant posts of his that I've ever read.
When I started my freelance career, the first thing I encountered was the estimation challenge. Working full-time at a company is often estimation-free - you can give some rough numbers in a matte...
I value my time a lot, and I would rarely spend it on boring stuff. I don't browse YouTube at all, nor do I watch animated gifs all over the Internet, since I'm quite passionate about the WordPress community and building successful businesses.
I found Matt and Chris on Clarity through their social media accounts and blogs, and I find the s...
