#6 | How Coding for Pizza Money Became a Career in WordPress Development: Mark Jaquith on Programming, Unorthodox Education, and More

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English - January 26, 2021 15:28 - 2 hours - 125 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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After finishing home school, Mark Jaquith went to college to study business. In his free time, he became absorbed in a quickly growing technology: weblogs, or "blogs." Today, he's a major figure in the WordPress community—and a self-taught developer and businessman with no degrees or diplomas. Mark talks to us about his career path, what he looks for in a new hire, how to bootstrap your way into a technical field, an impromptu rodent dissection, and other interesting stuff.