Work for Automattic — the company that created WordPress — designing and developing WordPress themes. (Goals)

A couple weeks ago, as I worked diligently on my web surfing skills, I visited the Automattic website. It wasn’t the first time; I’d visited the site before, briefly, back when I first started using WordPress. I can easily remember those days: I had just started this blog and felt pretty proud of myself for being able to install themes and tweak the CSS a little bit. The back end, though, was another story. It wasn’t until my boss told me that I needed to become very familiar with WordPress, as we would be using it for company blogs, that I really took a look at the back end.

I learned how to make my own themes very quickly, but I also learned how to tweak things so that WordPress could be used for something other than a blog. I learned how to work with the PHP, and most of my work since has involved doing things with WordPress.

I never thought about it much, until I visited Automattic again.

I never really thought about it, until I looked at the job listings on Automattic.com for hahas.

I realized that I could be one of those Theme Czars. I could easily learn more PHP and, from here on out, use solely WordPress for all of my sites. I realized that something I really understand and have fun with could turn out to be a job.

So I’m going to practice just a little more. I’m going to build a few more WordPress websites (and maybe someday tackle this blog’s theme), and then I’m going to become a Theme Czarina. Because I can.

What about you? What are some of your goals? Leave a comment and tell me!

PS: I wrote a review of Wristcutters: A Love Story over at Scars Can Speak. Go check it out and tell me what you think!