WordPress is a popular content management system powering around 23% of websites. It offers many career paths such as designer, developer, support expert, and theme/plugin developer. While getting started can be tough due to competition, developing skills through meetups, open source contributions, and forums can help land jobs and lead to success stories like Chandra Maharzan, a top WordPress theme author. The document encourages passion and patience when pursuing WordPress as a career.

2. WordPress as a career
ALINA KAKSHAPATI
@ALEENAK19

3. A little about me
Project Manager at http://codepixelz.com
Been using WordPress for almost 4 years
Paying my bills, thanks to WordPress

4. So what is WordPress?

5. But why settle on a niche?

6. WordPress on Stats
Powers around 23% of all the websites
CMS of choice for various big names
Of 33K people surveyed, 25% make their living through WordPress
Over 90% have built more than 1 Site

7. Stats
5,426+ Jobs on oDesk
2,300+ Jobs on Elance
Millionaires from a single theme
Second most happiest job in the world – carrerbliss.com

8. Career option
There's one for almost all of us.

9. Career option
Designer
Developer
Support Expert
Setup Expert
Theme / Plugin Developer
Quality Analyst
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10. Designer

11. Developer

12. Support Expert

13. Setup Expert

14. Theme/Plugin Developer

15. Quality Analyst
UAT - User Acceptance Testing

16. Not easy as it seems
Jobs at first are tough to come by
Passion
Patience
You may need to at least be a Jack of all

17. Developing Yourself
Attend Meetups and WordCamps
Create free themes/plugins
Participate in Forums

18. Success Stories
Chandra Maharzan – A top WordPress Theme Author In The Market
Sakin Shrestha – Catch Themes
Theme Developer
Theme review team admin - wordpress.org
Pawal Agrawal – WordPress Plugin Guru

19. Muhammad Haris
Simple
Tutorial Site
AVADA

21. Helen Hou-Sandi

22. Don’t run after success,
let it come to you.

23. Thank You!