Today in number 8 of the #PressPause podcast we talk to Róbey Lawrence. He’s a WordPress freelancer in Australia and he’s got a few WordCamp goodies for you.

He’s not been attending WordCamps for all that long. His friends had been pestering him for ages to attend. In the end his friends got their way and Róbey bought his first ticket.

It became, “the most enjoyable conference that I’ve ever been to,” and opened his eyes to the possibilities of attending a WordCamp.

For the first time ever, Róbey was able to have techie conversations; he grew up in a place where his friends don’t use WordPress or even know what it is.

He was surprised by the diversity of the crowd who were attending, people from all sorts of WordPress backgrounds, plugin and theme developers and freelancers, just like him.

Although Róbey did feel a little like an imposter for a while, this did not last long. He quick realised that WordCamp is a level playing field and that people from all backgrounds mingle very freely.

He also shares a nice story about meeting one of his ‘idols’, Troy Dean. How he met him, how he turned out to be perfectly normal and how he ended up going out for a meal with him and a heap of other WordPressers after the WordCamp was over.

Remember that WordCamp is for all people. No matter what your background, no matter how much you think you know. You just need to buy a ticket and get yourself there.

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