i am a fraud (and so can you!)

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Overcoming Impostor Syndrome and contributing to the WordPress community. Inspired by Chris Lema and Mika Epstein's talks and blog posts. Talk given to the OKC WordPress User's Group Meetup on 2-24-14.

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Morgan W. EstesWordPress Developer

Impostor

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I am a fraud.And so can you!

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Impostor Syndrome

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Studied Info Systems in college.Graduated with Liberal Studies degree.

Web Services Coordinator for the Oklahoma Bar Association.

None of those sites exist any more.

Wrote an app for iPad with JavaScript.

Yeah, but just one of 5 other devs on it.

And it looks ugly.

Have my own blog on WordPress.Started on Blogger.

Highest day’s view count: 41.

Core contributor to WordPress.Minor changes anyone could have done.

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My First Core Contribution

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Contribution ≠ Code

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Contribution Options

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How Open Source Works

http://devpractic.es/post/77041646125/how-open-source-works

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Someone always knows more than you.

But someone else knows less.

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@morganestes

morganestes.me

morganestes.wordpress.com