Master Remote Work by Contributing to Open Source Projects

If WordPress was a company, it would have 20,000 employees in all over the world. Contributing to WordPress provides a unique opportunity for you to prepare for the challenges of remote work. This helps you to stand out in the growing WordPress ecosystem, where the demand for high-quality professionals is growing as quickly as the community itself.

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1. MASTER REMOTE WORK
   By contributing to
   open source projects
   

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2. @petyeah
   #WCPorto
   Human Made | WordPress polyglots | WordCamp Europe
   OLÁ!
   

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3. @petyeah
   #WCPorto
   with 20k
   employees
   WORDPRESS
   100%
   DISTRIBUTED
   

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4. @petyeah
   #WCPorto
   MY JOURNEY Tiny, jobless Petya
   circa 2002
   

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5. @petyeah
   #WCPorto
   1
   2 Planting and
   picking beans in a
   field in the middle
   of the UK
   3
   WORK EXPERIENCE:
   Running a
   school
   newspaper
   Helping at my
   grandfather’s
   pottery shop
   

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6. USEFUL SKILLS
   Reading sci-fi & daydreaming
   Getting lost and surviving while climbing
   Creativity
   Events Communication
   Bossing my friends around
   

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7. @petyeah
   #WCPorto
   FLEXIBLE
   HOURS
   INTERESTING
   GROW
   LEARN
   MENTORSHIP
   BALANCED
   DREAM
   JOB
   

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8. @petyeah
   #WCPorto
   GOAL: EXPERIENCE
   

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9. @petyeah
   #WCPorto
   INTERNSHIP?
   

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10. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    FLEXIBLE
    HOURS
    INTERESTING
    GROW
    LEARN
    MENTORSHIP
    PAYS THE BILLS
    DREAM
    JOB :/
    

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11. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    

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12. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    No offices
    No commute
    Hired from
    anywhere
    WORK
    THE FUTURE OF WORK
    Work with the best
    

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13. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    WHY REMOTE?
    

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14. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    Work
    anywhere
    1 Make up your
    own hours
    2 Do something
    of value
    3
    WHY REMOTE?
    

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15. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    THE CHALLENGES OF
    REMOTE WORK
    

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16. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    DEAL WITH TIME ZONES
    

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17. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    WORK ASYNCHRONOUSLY
    

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18. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    COMMUNICATING ONLINE
    

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19. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    DOCUMENTING ALL THE
    THINGS
    

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20. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    WORKING IN A
    REMOTE TEAM
    

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21. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    STRONG CULTURE
    

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22. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    

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23. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    CONTRIBUTE TO WORDPRESS
    

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24. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    BUT I’M NOT A DEVELOPER!
    

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25. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    MY JOURNEY
    Petya @ WCEU 2013
    

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26. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    PEOPLE LIKE TO WORK
    WITH GREAT PEOPLE
    that make things happen
    

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27. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    STILL DON’T BELIEVE ME?
    let’s look at a couple of things
    you can do on the project
    

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28. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    CODE
    MARKETING
    CUSTOMER
    SERVICE
    ACCESSIBILITY &
    UX
    WRITE
    CODE MOBILE
    APPS
    EVENT MANAGEMENT
    TRANSLATE
    SOFTWARE
    DESIGN
    PEOPLE
    SKILLS
    TRAINING
    

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29. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    WHAT CAN YOU LEARN
    BY CONTRIBUTING?
    

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30. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    DEVELOPMENT
    http://make.wordpress.org/core | http://make.wordpress.org/meta
    

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31. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    UX & DESIGN
    http://make.wordpress.org/design
    http://make.wordpress.org/themereview
    make.wordpress.org/accessibility
    

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32. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    EVENT MANAGEMENT
    make.wordpress.org/community
    

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33. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    ONLINE MARKETING
    http://make.wordpress.org/marketing
    

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34. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    DOCUMENTATION WRITING
    make.wordpress.org/docs
    

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35. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    CUSTOMER SERVICE
    make.wordpress.org/support
    

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36. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    SOFTWARE LOCALISATION
    make.wordpress.org/polyglots
    

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37. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    TRAINING & TEACHING
    make.wordpress.org/training
    

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38. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    WHAT ELSE YOU CAN
    LEARN FROM
    CONTRIBUTING?
    

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39. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    THE IMPORTANT STUFF
    

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40. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    HOW TO WORK IN A
    REMOTE TEAM
    

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41. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    THE GENTLE ART OF
    ONLINE COMMUNICATION
    

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42. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    HOW TO DELEGATE
    

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43. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    HOW TO LEAD
    

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44. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    HOW TO BE A GREAT
    HUMAN BEING
    

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45. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do
    to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can
    do every day: civility, respect, kindness, character. You’re too good for
    schadenfreude, you’re too good for gossip and snark, you’re too good for
    intolerance, you’re too good to think people who disagree with you are your enemy.
    Don’t ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. It’s
    the only thing that ever has.
    DECISIONS ARE MADE BY
    THOSE WHO SHOW UP
    „ “
    

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46. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    MY JOURNEY
    Petya @
    WCPorto 2016
    

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48. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    CONTRIBUTING: FROM A
    HOBBY TO A DREAM JOB
    

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49. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    THINGS HAPPEN TO
    THOSE WHO SHOW UP
    

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50. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    SHOW UP
    make.wordpress.org
    

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51. @petyeah
    #WCPorto
    

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