1. Grow Your Career With WordPress Sarah Pressler @sarahpressler sarahpressler.com sarah@brainstormmedia.com

2. A Little About Me Community Engagement & Project Manager at BrainstormMedia.com Professional Writer Professional Ballet Teacher Professional Kid Wrangler Professional Twitter Addict

3. BrainstormMedia.com Creative Business Solutions Web Development and Design Enterprise WordPress Brand Development Plugin Authors Wordpress Core Contributor(s) Internationally Distributed Team Paul Clark Paul Clark @pdclark Technical Director Taylor Aldridge Taylor Aldridge @tayloraldridge Creative Director WE BUILD GREAT THINGS WITH WORDPRESS WE HELP OUR CLIENTS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS

4. This Talk Is Not….

5. Why Are You Here?

6. WordPress Super Hero Academy Five Year Plan 1)Flailing, Reading and Doing 2)Networking, Planning and Doing 3)Making Money and Doing 4)Doing and Living 5)Doing and Thriving!

7. There was actually a point in life where I didn’t know what patches or commits were. Matt Mullenweg @photomatt Founding Developer, WordPress WordPress Watch Matt’s 10yr History of WordPress KeyNote Address YouTube YouTube

8. Start asking yourself questions: What do you love? What do you gravitate towards in the first place? Why WordPress? Those are the questions you have to answer first. Oh, and, learn to code! Austin Gunter @austingunter Marketing, WP EngineWP Engine Learn more about Austin and his journey at austingunter.comaustingunter.com

9. I think there’s real opportunity to build healthy businesses with innovative solutions in the WordPress space… I would just caution anyone who thinks this space is any kind of gravy train. Jake Goldman @jakemgold President, 10up10up See more from this interview at MattReport.com.MattReport.com.

10. Career Fields in WordPress

12. Advice For The Journey

13. Building genuine relationships and contributing to the WordPress community can strengthen your business and elevate your reputation. Instead of working against your competitors, creatively find ways to collaborate with them and sharpen your offerings. Carrie Dils @cdils Genesis Developer, carriedils.com carriedils.com Watch Carrie’s very engaging and informative talk from WordCamp San Francisco. WordCamp San Francisco

14. You Are 100% Responsible

15. The Last Flowchart You Will EVER Need Problem Can you do anything about it? Yes!Then Do It!No? Then Find Someone Who Does!

16. Let me tell you right now, you are not trapped by your own life. Whatever it is that you think is standing between you and your dream, it is time to list those out and get some answers because the answers are simpler than you think. Paul Clark @pdclark Technical Director, BrainstormMedia BrainstormMedia Enjoy Paul’s inspirational talk first given at TEDx Anchorage and the well received Lightning Talk given at WordCamp Portland.TEDx Anchorage WordCamp Portland

17. In taking a step we throw ourselves off-balance and then catch ourselves, over and over. I remember laying in bed and thinking about how cool that was. Then I thought about running. That blew my mind. Taylor Aldridge @tayloraldridge Creative Director, BrainstormMedia BrainstormMedia Taylor writes an amazing blog, it will inspire you towards authenticity! Check it out.blog

19. Resources For Learning learn.wordpress.org learn.wordpress.org This new site is a work in progress, and will be your source for handbooks, downloadable training materials, and information about educational events. codecademy.com HTML/CSS, Javascript/jQuery, Python, Ruby, PHP, and APIscodecademy.com ithemes.com/wordpress-resources Learn and Grow, then Teach and Shareithemes.com/wordpress-resources WordPress for Dummies Written by Lisa Sabin-Wilson – essential book for beginners!WordPress for Dummies Blogs – Twitter Feeds – YouTube – WordPress Forums