[ad_1] આ નિબંધ ગુજરાતીમાં પણ ઉપલબ્ધ છે My adventure with WordPress started back in the year 2017. Till then there were many ups and downs and I was clueless which field I will enter into. Right until the end of 2016, I was giving my exams to become a Chartered Accountant (CA) equivalent to CPA. I also love baking cakes and pastries. So, in the first half of 2017, I had started a small homegrown bakery for making donuts. It was interesting but it didn’t give me a sense of satisfaction. I also hosted some small exhibitions of fabrics and fashion apparels. In short, I tried many different fields but I still wasn’t happy from within. So, after giving up on CA (for which I spent a few years) and trying out hands on baking I still did not have the sense of satisfaction and wanted to do something that would give me an identity of myself and happiness. One casual day, my husband Dhruvin asked me to get involve with WordPress in some way or the other. But, I wasn’t sure whether I would get a place in the technical world or not. This was a completely different challenge for me. Introduction to WordPress After giving a serious thought I decided to get started with WordPress. I spent the initial 6-8 months exploring WordPress, learning the basics about the Web, making myself comfortable with it & deciding if this is something I would love to work on or not. I then participated in WordCamp Mumbai 2018. That was one of the few WordCamps I have attended. This WordCamp gave me enough confidence that WordPress is the new sky for me where there is no limit. Finding the perfect role in WordPress Now, that I got familiar with WordPress, the next question for me was what kind of role or a job I would best fit into? I started interacting with a few people in WordCamp (which I miss very badly these days), I understood that I like interacting and engaging with people a lot. So, I thought that the Customer Support role would fit perfectly with my personality. Once I was convinced about this, I got an opportunity to work with Tyche Softwares. They are a plugin development company focussing on niche WooCommerce plugins. This was the first step of my professional journey in WordPress, something that I never imagined I would step into. I started enjoying it more as I would gain immense satisfaction when I helped customers solve their problems. I also tried my hand at the Business Development and Analytics part. I used to analyze customer feedback. The analysis involves creating the processes to improve the customer satisfaction and looking at how to automate a certain task using the tools at our hand. These things help in taking some important decisions on companies’ plugins with regards to new features. About WordCamps I love attending WordCamps. I began attending WordCamps in 2018 and my very first WordCamp was WC Mumbai 2018. Since then, I’ve been going to as many as would fit in my schedule every year. I learn something new at every WordCamp, we deepen existing relationships and start new ones. My first major Wordcamp was WCEU 2019 held in Berlin. It was a memorable one which will be in my mind for ages. I realized that it’s so much fun getting to meet people in real life whom you have only known on social media. WordCamps have also been a great chance for me to learn from others and collaborate on ideas surrounding WordPress. WordCamps have also been a great opportunity for me to travel and/or meet up with old friends, and make new ones. Of course, I also love the learning aspect of WordCamps. I look forward to learning new things and to speakers challenging my way of thinking, and seeing if there are ways I can improve my workflow or productivity or as a person. The WordPress community has taught me that it’s ok if I don’t know everything, nobody does. We are all good at certain things and that’s totally fine! The other memorable WordCamp for me was WordCamp Vadodara that happened in October 2019. I applied as a volunteer & the organizing team was kind enough to give me that opportunity. That entire day, I was taking video bytes of the attendees, helping with registrations, and running around just trying to talk to as many people as I could. I barely got time for my lunch or time to spend time at the Tyche sponsors booth. Trust me, at the end of the day, I felt like I am just made for this! I enjoyed every bit of this experience. After volunteering a few more WordCamps, I applied to volunteer at the first-ever WordCamp Asia, which was to be held in Feb 2020 & my application was accepted as well. Unfortunately, COVID-19 struck just at that time & the event couldn’t take place. I am definitely looking forward to helping the community in all the ways I can. What I do in my free time I love traveling and meeting new people. The idea of travel, packing my bags and disappearing to someplace, lives inside my brain all the time. Whenever I meet someone for the first time or even encounter an old friend, I instantly want to talk about their own adventures. As a kid I was always curious about the lifestyle of people living in the other part of the world. Till date, I love exploring such things. I deeply believe travel makes you richer, not in your wallet, but in your intelligence and compassion. I also love dancing, cooking new dishes and spending time on social media. I love watching cartoons too 😉 Time to take a break The year 2020 has been a year full of surprises. Virus, lockdowns, travel restrictions to many such things. Through all these things was a moment of joy for me
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