Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast
[00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast, from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley.About the Jukebox Podcast
Jukebox is a podcast dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, facing up to the challenges and successes of being in the WordPress community.
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Meet Andrew Palmer
So on the podcast today, we have Andrew Palmer.
Andrew’s Journey with WordPress
Andrew’s journey with WordPress started almost two decades ago, after transitioning from Joomla. He went on to make significant strides in the community, co-founding Elegant Marketplace, and investing in ventures like Atarim and Bertha AI.
Working within the WordPress Ecosystem
In this episode, we talk about the intricacies of working within the WordPress ecosystem, comparing the free and commercial sides. Andrew shares his thoughts on the challenges of financially compensating event contributors, and the importance of non-financial contributions, such as time.
Regulatory Body in the Web Development Industry
He discusses the absence of a structured regulatory body in the web development industry, and how he thinks this can impact trust and credibility.
Industry Wide Accreditation in Web Development
We discuss the lack of industry-wide accreditation in web development, and the controversial nature of establishing such systems within the ever-evolving WordPress environment.
Personal and Business Life
We hear about his personal and business life, but these are just a few of the many people who will develop that API, off you go, see you later. The maintenance side I’ll keep going because it’s cost-effective for me to run and I can do it part-time. It’s not a big deal.
Client Relationships and Business
I’ve got one client that’s very worried that I’m going to leave her. I look after, I don’t know, 78 websites for them, so I’m not going to, yeah. But it’s not hard to look after them. And occasionally one goes down and I just go in and fix it, and five minutes later it’s right. So that’s not going. And the other clients that I’ve had for 20 years, you know, literally 20 years hosting their websites and they’re going, well, what are we going to do? I said, well, don’t worry about it, I’m keeping that side on.
Transitioning to a New Business
I will also get it ready, you know, I nearly sold it last month, and the guy just came back to me at the last minute and said, we’re not ready and the company’s not ready. Because when you run your own business, you let a few things go. Not badly but just because you just know. You know what to do on that. So there’s no notes on it or anything like that. So, you know, I need to be able to make saleable. So within six months, I think I’ll have completely got out of the business by selling my business and doing what I want to do.
Future Plans
[00:39:03] Nathan Wrigley: It sounds like you’re going to have a portion of a toe in the water still. Just one toe, but only a little bit of that toe. [00:39:09] Andrew Palmer: Exactly, yeah. So long as it’s nice and warm.Conclusion
[00:39:12] Nathan Wrigley: That sounds nice. Well hopefully, we’ll get to catch up at some point in the near future, but Andrew Palmer, thank you very much for joining us today and being a part of the community for the length of time that you have. I really appreciate it. [00:39:22] Andrew Palmer: Thanks very much. It’s been good fun.Source Link
