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WordPress Job Titles and Skills – Where Do We Stand?
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 they are obviously not capable of…
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Introverts Are Great In Sales And Marketing
Despite of my tendency to get involved with public speaking at conferences and universities and being a band member, I tend to define myself as an introvert. I don’t enjoy large crowds and clubs full of people, and I have a small circle of people that I stay in touch with daily. Different tests and…
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On WordPress Development Retainers
With over 40 people working at DevriX right now, we have revised our service solutions and focused on promoting a type of service that combines our recurring revenue goal with iterative development solutions for some of our clients. While we do provide maintenance services, we realized that a development retainer would be incredibly useful for most of our leads. This month…
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8 Tips for Technical Speakers
As a seasoned technical speaker at the Telerik Academy, I received an invitation for one of my favorite technical events – DevReach. Despite the fact that I am too biased with Open Source and normally try to stay away from Microsoft and other companies relying mostly on closed source products, it’s always helpful to see…
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7 Reasons Why I Avoid Estimates
Every time I need to do estimates, I cringe a little. I no longer do estimates for small and medium clients since it creates false expectations and takes a huge amount of time. Estimations, by their very nature, are educated guesses. But the word “guess” doesn’t inspire much confidence. Predicting a project’s exact amount of time,…
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The Problem With Having To Educate Your Customers
John Locke wrote an article named “There are no Clients from Hell” referring to the popular site for freelancers – Clients From Hell. I’ve been following the site for some time and there are plenty of educational stories, both for freelancers and clients. What John says in his post is: This site encourages the idea…
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WordPress Outsourcing and Hiring Talent (A Complete Guide)
With a 33% market share across the web, WordPress is the most sought-after technical platform. This commands the need of hiring professional WordPress developers who serve tens of millions of businesses utilizing the platform. While this guide on hiring and outsourcing uses WordPress as a leading context, it’s just as applicable for other technical stacks…
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Don’t Call Yourself a Developer If You Don’t Code
This essay was originally written in 2015 after years of “race to the bottom” in the WordPress space, especially among service providers who sell low-cost solutions without revealing the drawbacks of their work. For some unknown reason, the number of “WordPress Developers” out there is probably nearing the number of Java developers, despite the fact that…
