• Alex Standiford

    Crap. Not that I want to perpetuate stereotypes…but…I just checked all the boxes for the “Millennial starter kit”

  • Alex Standiford

    As-if I have time for a side-gig these days 😂

  • Alex Standiford

    Does WordPress have an internal function that throws a PHP error from a wp_error object? Or is this the best way: trigger_error($error->get_error_message());

  • Alex Standiford

    Am I the only dev who looks at a JSON response and thinks “ahhh…it’s…beautiful.”

  • Alex Standiford

    Earlier this eeek, I talked with @MicroBrewr about email marketing for breweries. Can’t wait until it is released!

  • Alex Standiford

    I have modeled exclusively with Solidworks since 2004, and man, Fusion 360 has me thoroughly converted.

  • Alex Standiford

    I really love this song. open.spotify.com/track/61vw6LR6…

  • Alex Standiford

    Today marks my one year anniversary as a business owner. Here’s the biggest things I’ve learned:

    1. Business ownership is hard. I’ve been more stressed this past year than I have ever been in my entire life.
    2. Outsourcing business tasks best left to someone else is a step toward business growth, but it’s easy to understate how hard that is.
    3. Business ownership has meant more effort for less money, even though I charge 4 times as much as my hourly rate where I worked before.
    4. Getting insurance when you’re self-employed is extremely difficult. Especially when $800/month is downright impossible.
    5. Having no answer for “how much do you earn each year?” Is troublesome. Banks don’t like “I don’t know…probably this much?”
    6. Hunger is a valuable asset to get you to kick your ass in gear, but it’s a fine line. Too much invites emotion in rational places.
    7. I hate how much my business has taken control over my mind. I think about it constantly, and it’s difficult to make it stop sometimes.
    8. Disc golf at 10:00 AM is amazing, when I get to go.
    9. I miss the mindless office banter a lot more than I thought I would.
    10. Despite the (many) complaints above, being a business owner has been one of the greatest things I have ever done for myself. I love it
  • Alex Standiford

    FINALLY going through @rebeccagill’s wonderfully detailed course on SEO. Better late than never, I suppose! @rebeccagill I’m ramping up to do an audit of @fillyourtaproom’s blog content as we have a decent amount published at this point.

  • Alex Standiford

    I appreciate the in-depth perspective on this. medium.com/the-mission/im…

Alex
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Founder of Novatorius & creator of Siren Affiliates. WordPress engineer and partnership advocate helping businesses grow with flexible incentive programs.

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