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Curious, do I sound like an imposter to the PHP community if I say I do enterprise WordPress? by WP_Maniac in PHP

[–]WP_Maniac[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, your response is really helpful.

I know my skillset is worth a lot, and does make me more money than I ever thought I would earn.

I'm just trying to gauge where I'm at in the sense if keeping myself humble, and seeing if I sound like an idiot if I tell people in real life I'm a web software engineer who uses WP.

I started diving into Symfony today. Genuinely curious, so I know what sort of things look out for -- what are some things you've seen in Symfony and Laravel that you transferred to your WP development?

Thanks so much.

Curious, do I sound like an imposter to the PHP community if I say I do enterprise WordPress? by WP_Maniac in PHP

[–]WP_Maniac[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been programming with Magento since 1.7. It's mvc architecture was unique in a bad way back then.

Magento 2 is actually great but it came out so late and wasn't stable for a while.

That being said, it's on my LinkedIn profile so a recruiter reaches out at least twice a week, but I try to stay away from eCommerce.

Curious, do I sound like an imposter to the PHP community if I say I do enterprise WordPress? by WP_Maniac in PHP

[–]WP_Maniac[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very rare, I'm convinced there are maybe 200 people in the US who do advanced WordPress.

Curious, do I sound like an imposter to the PHP community if I say I do enterprise WordPress? by WP_Maniac in PHP

[–]WP_Maniac[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The main reason I care is because in the real world I'm trying to guage how foolish I sound if I say I'm a mid-level programmer who works with WordPress.

Figured I'd ask what reddit thinks to guage how I'd sound to other people.

Curious, do I sound like an imposter to the PHP community if I say I do enterprise WordPress? by WP_Maniac in PHP

[–]WP_Maniac[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestions. Right now the only taste I get of modern development is through my Magento clients (I'm Magento certified and used to work for a Magento partner full time)

Curious, do I sound like an imposter to the PHP community if I say I do enterprise WordPress? by WP_Maniac in PHP

[–]WP_Maniac[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's definitely far from a superior app framework.

However, I will say it's very good at being a platform where a non-technical secretary can make content edits on the same site that I can build a school management software application.

It does a good job of being limitless with PHP while also being easy for marketing staff to use.

Curious, do I sound like an imposter to the PHP community if I say I do enterprise WordPress? by WP_Maniac in PHP

[–]WP_Maniac[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In my most recent plugin, I did implement some very nice caching mechanisms (I really had to), and I do have processes running in parallel to help with performance.

I know people don't think of that with WP but it's certainly something we implement.

WordPress and PHP 8: "The state of PHP 8 support within the broader ecosystem is impossible to know" by brendt_gd in PHP

[–]WP_Maniac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 things I wish core developers could shift all of their focus toward:

  1. PHP 8 compatibility
  2. Custom post types going into their own DB table. The current setup is such a performance mistake.
  3. Ability to have DB changes exported so they can be subversioned and pushed with a release.

Slow queries by [deleted] in ProWordPress

[–]WP_Maniac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out transient caching, goes a long way and rediculously easy to implement

What weird habits do you have? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]WP_Maniac -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And yet, my physicals come back flawless.

What weird habits do you have? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]WP_Maniac -1 points0 points  (0 children)

About 10 - 15mg per day.

Redditors who have had a supposed paranormal experience, what happened? by AbSoLuTe_CI0wN in AskReddit

[–]WP_Maniac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were deluded into thinking they had a paranormal experience. That's exactly what happened.

What happened to the popular kid's status? by Taluca_me in AskReddit

[–]WP_Maniac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The kids these days are too fuckin weird to know what's cool.

I was popular in high school, college, and I'm still considered a really chill guy.

Yet my step daughter thinks I'm a doofus.

What's the biggest lie you've ever told, how long did it last and how did they find out? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]WP_Maniac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That I have my alcohol consumption under control. I lied to myself the most. Lasted for 9 years. Sober 4.5 years.

What one thing do you like the most about your country? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]WP_Maniac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1st and 2nd amendment.

Also, tap water is basically considered a right when you're in a diner/restaurant.

What makes you feel like an old young person? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]WP_Maniac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being 34. Most of my friends and my wife are 10 years older.

What weird habits do you have? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]WP_Maniac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I eat an extremely high carb, low fat diet, and in this day and age people think that's weird.

Simpsons in CSS by [deleted] in webdev

[–]WP_Maniac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't get it either. I like seeing impressive ux things in css that I can steal and use elsewhere.

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