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WordPress tinkering, blogging about random things, reading self-help books to feel like a guru, binge-watching Shark Tank and pretending to pitch, listening to classical music while imagining I’m in a movie montage, dreaming of Swiss mountains and their cheese, secretly wishing I was in Hogwarts, spoiling my pets as a proud fur dad, and brainstorming ways to climb mountains without proper gear.

> be me
> year is 2005, high school student
> messing around with Blogspot like a mechanic to his first car
> writing blogs, customizing templates, feeling like a web dev god

> 2008
> friend says, “bro, you should try writing for SEO companies”
> need cash, so why not?
> start writing, meet coworker building sites with WordPress
> **wait, you can actually see what you build??**
> mind blown

> still grinding from an internet café
> juggling university and part-time online work
> writing pays the bills, keeps me afloat through college

> save up $20
> big brain move: buy hosting, install WordPress
> no YouTube tutorials, no courses, no mentors
> just me, a keyboard, and trial-and-error pain

> somehow, it works
> land my first gig as a Junior WordPress developer
> fast forward
> building sites like second nature, WordPress now in my bloodstream
> the rest is history