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What's the side effect from WordPress changing so rapidly?

We're dragging blocks, inserting patterns, and visually building our themes these days. There's been great discussion spurred around themes, where Matt Mullenweg

What's the side effect from WordPress changing so rapidly?

We're dragging blocks, inserting patterns, and visually building our themes these days. There's been great discussion spurred around themes, where Matt Mullenweg wants 5,000 new themes in the directory while WP Minute Producers like Daniel Schutzsmith and Spencer Forman say we only need one.

Even if we split the difference and built 2,500 new themes…who's going to build it?

Not only is the code changing, but so are the people writing it all. This is the shift we're quietly seeing happen in the background. So what is a WordPress business owner to do? Find great WordPress developers or train up a willing engineer?

Mayank Gupta joins us today to talk about his strategy to growing a WordPress team for his day job over at PerforMedia.

He has strong opinions on educating and inspiring an individual -- possibly ignoring the typical WP rock star.