Rolling Your WordPress Support Character

We often think that what makes a character great and memorable is the time spent on adventures, but at the end of a great saga, I find I remember more the times we spend on backstory or drama, than the raw fighting. Leaving your mark on WordPress isn't just 'I coded that fantastic new feature everyone loves.' It's also the time you spend giving back to the product and the people behind the product that cements your place in the annals of history.

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3. Use
   WordPress
   This was obvious, right?
   

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5. WordPress"
   .org Account
   Beware the flame wars
   

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7. Listen
   It’s not just for crossing
   the street
   

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8. Learn
   
   RTFM
   
   Google
   

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10. Meetups Are
    Fun
    It’s more than Just meeting
    new people!
    

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12. WordCamps!
    Pick up SWAG
    
    

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13. Volunteer
    
    Doesn’t always come with
    the headgear….
    

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15. Discuss
    WordPress
    http://make.wordpress.org
    
    http://wordpress.org/
    support
    
    http://buddypress.org
    
    http://bbpress.org
    
    

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16. Research Is(?)
    Everything
    http://lists.automattic.com/
    mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers/
    
    http://core.trac.wordpress.org
    
    
    

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18. Minutia
    Needs
    Attention
    The Little Things are
    really big!
    

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19. You Know
    Something I
    Don’t
    
    You don’t have to write
    the code to solve the
    problem
    
    

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20. The End Is Just The Begining
    All images (except this one) credit to Munchkin.
    
    Mika “I actually love playing Bards Too” Epstein
    http://halfelf.org
    

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