Many technical and non-technical roles play an essential part in the WordPress ecosystem. Through this talk, we’ll get to know about making them a part of your career journey. We’ll also cover how you can give back to WordPress in multiple ways while staying connected to your career path or interests.

1. Careers and Contributions in WordPress
Maitreyie Chavan

2. Maitreyie Chavan
Director of Client Delivery |
@maitreyie_c

3. WordPress and YOU!

4. Career Opportunities

5. ● Choose an environment/stream
that you feel most stimulated in
● Embrace the community
● Continue self-discovery, learning
and evaluating
Navigating the
Career Path

6. Contributions with Career -
How?
• WordPress.org
• GitHub
• Slack

7. Documentation
• Coordinating all documentation
related initiatives around
WordPress
• Without any prior knowledge or
experience (most areas)
• https://github.com/WordPress/
Documentation-Issue-Tracker
• End users and developers, as
well as technical writers can
participate

8. Polyglots
• Translate WordPress into various
languages
• WordPress core, themes, and
plugins
• https://translate.wordpress.org/
• Global Translation Editors (GTEs)
and Project Translation Editors
(PTEs) who ensure quality assurance

9. Design
• User experience, user interface,
and visual design expertise
• Use of Figma
• https://github.com/WordPress/gut
enberg/labels/Needs%20Design

10. Support
• Everyone knows the answer to
something!
• Via Support forums or #wordpress
IRC channel
• https://wordpress.org/support/foru
ms/
• Guidelines to follow -
https://wordpress.org/support/guid
elines/#guidelines

11. Test
• Improve the quality of WordPress experience
• Site Editor, Usability tests
• Automated E2E tests
• https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/labels/Needs%2
0Testing

12. Development
• Code is poetry
• https://make.wordpress.org/
• Write code, fix bugs, participate in
discussions, review and many more
• Follow the best practices
• Beginner to a seasoned developer,
something for everyone

14. First Few Steps
• Choose the right project for you
• Get familiar with their world (Hint: Handbook)
• Observe a few meetings & discussions
• Start with a small task
• Repeat & repeat

15. Thank You!
Maitreyie Chavan |
@maitreyie_c /maitreyie