{"id":1829,"date":"2017-09-12T15:34:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T10:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2017-09-12T15:34:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T10:04:27","slug":"dwain-maralack-on-wordpress-helping-him-become-an-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colombo.wordcamp.org\/2017\/dwain-maralack-on-wordpress-helping-him-become-an-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwain Maralack will speak on his journey with WordPress turning him into an engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The word &#8216;engineer&#8217; is derived from the Latin &#8216;ingeniare&#8217; which means &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.oxforddictionaries.com\/definition\/engineer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to contrive or devise<\/a>&#8216;.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/dwain-maralack\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dwain Maralack<\/a>, our next speaker, is going to tell us exactly how WordPress helped <em>him <\/em>become an engineer, and we all can learn from his example.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1830\" src=\"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/09\/Dwain-Maralack.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"808\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colombo.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/09\/Dwain-Maralack.png 808w, https:\/\/colombo.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/09\/Dwain-Maralack-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/colombo.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/09\/Dwain-Maralack-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/colombo.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/09\/Dwain-Maralack-483x300.png 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While WordPress is loved the world over for its ease of putting together websites, there is no end of opportunities to skilfully engineer complex solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Dwain&#8217;s will describe his life&#8217;s rocky journey from being a beginner to where he stands now, as an engineer and a developer. He will talk about how WordPress has helped him learn more about software engineering and design patterns, and how the platform has exposed him to other technologies as well.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Dwain will throw light on the opportunities for developers to learn more about the inner workings of WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Dwain Maralack is a developer at Automattic, and describes himself as a servant, husband, programmer plus an all round fun-loving guy. 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