E174 - Starting a Freelance Career (Sam Smith, gsamsmith.com)

11/30/21 • 36 min

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
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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

11/30/21 • 36 min

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