E174 - Starting a Freelance Career (Sam Smith, gsamsmith.com)
An episode of the WPMRR WordPress Podcast podcast, hosted by Joe Howard, titled "E174 - Starting a Freelance Career (Sam Smith, gsamsmith.com)" was published on November 30, 2021 and runs 36 minutes.
November 30, 2021 ·36m · WPMRR WordPress Podcast
Episode Description
In today's episode, we get to listen again to Joe and Sam's conversation about joining WordPress. They discuss Sam's stories during his firefighter days, how he stumbled upon WordPress and coding, and his approach on how he successfully managed his time to build his own business.
Sam Smith is a retired Firefighter/Paramedic, an Orlando WordCamp Organizer, and a Web Developer.
Episode Resources:
- Sam Smith is on Twitter, Instagram, and WordPress.org
- Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes
- Visit the WPMRR Community
What to Listen For:
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:18 Welcome to the pod, Sam!
- 03:16 From a firefighter paramedic to a WordPress developer
- 05:50 Stories of injuries while at work
- 09:17 Taking little bits per day to successfully launch a business
- 17:24 Build on relationships and have real friends in the industry
- 24:59 What's it like to organize a WordCamp?
- 28:23 Getting a jump on blog impressions
- 30:19 The Martian
- 33:59 Find Sam online
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