18 years and 40+ releases later, WordPress today powers 41% of the internet (and counting!). This popularity of WordPress has kicked off an obvious demand for WordPress professionals along with an ever growing need for WordPress training.
The Learn WordPress initiative (learn.wordpress.org) was officially launched in December 2020 to address this demand. In his session, Hari will give participants a detailed overview of the Learn WordPress platform and the many opportunities it offers.
Hari will go into detail on how individuals and local communities can contribute to the initiative and will share a sneak peak on how the future of WordPress learning looks like!
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By Hari Shanker R
I am a Community Program Manager (formerly known as "Super Deputy") on the Make/WordPress Community Team, where my focus is on making the WordPress Community the best it can be, through events and other community-led efforts. I lead the Contributor Working Group of WordPress, where we built, and successfully ran three editions of the Contributor Mentorship Program, which resulted in a net total of 150 active contributors for WordPress. I am also involved in other contributor initiatives such as the WordPress Contributor Health Dashboard project.
WordPress is one of the biggest passions in my life, and I strongly believe that open source tech and the open web have the potential to make the world a better place.
I have had a rather diverse career with significant experience in the domains of Retail Banking, Print & Web Journalism, Web Development, Entrepreneurship, Event Management, Professional Blogging, and Education.
Outside of work, I enjoy writing (blogging) as a hobby, and I'm a compulsive bibliophile. I'm also a happily married pet parent to three cats.
NOTE: My contributions to WordPress were fully sponsored from 2020-2024, I'm currently a 100% self-sponsored, volunteer contributor.
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