jekkilekki (@jekkilekki) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Aaron Snowberger is a hobbyist WordPress developer and freelance graphic designer who’s currently teaching university-level ESL and high school Computer Science in Jeonju, South Korea.

Interests

Cycling, personal development, nutrition, bodyweight exercise, graphic design, branding, advertising, Korean, PHP, WordPress, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, responsive web development, hand-drip coffee, Audible.com, Podcasts, following thought leaders, mentoring,

WordPress Origin Story

I majored in Computer Science in university but focused mostly on desktop application programming in Java and C++. I came to Korea in 2006 to teach English, make some money, pay off student loans, see the world, and NOT pursue a Java/C++ job.

In 2009, I started learning HTML/CSS and graphic design with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to try to pick up some extra work to earn money for my upcoming wedding.

In 2010 (after getting married), I got a university ESL job, started learning Moodle to build class websites with, built a few business sites in Joomla!, entered grad school for Media/Graphic Design, and turned on a WordPress.com blog for the first time. I used my WordPress blog to collect notes from my grad school studies, and over time found it to be the best CMS (preferable to both Moodle and Joomla!).

In 2012, I started transitioning all my sites to WordPress, and began digging into the code a bit, adding Custom Post Types, new Page Templates, and so on.

In 2014, I started getting more involved with WordPress development and learned how to write simple plugins. I released my first plugin on WordPress.org in October that year. At the same time, I started writing my own WordPress themes. I learned responsive web design techniques, how to integrate the Foundation Framework into my themes, and better coding and documentation practices.

In early 2016, I interviewed for a summer internship with WordPress VIP and passed through 4 levels of the process, but ultimately didn’t get the pick. Nevertheless, it was a good experience and encouraged me to keep learning and to again pursue a web development job (I’m tired of teaching ESL).

I’m currently still living in Korea (the same city I came to over a decade ago) for a number of reasons including: my wife (and family) is from here, the food is amazing, the culture, nature, and atmosphere are refreshing, the language is interesting, and I’m still fascinated by living abroad. I graduated at the top of my class (Advanced Achiever) from grad school (Media Design) in 2011 after a lackluster performance in my undergrad (Computer Science from 2000-20006). I’ve learned a lot since first coming to Korea, but the most valuable lessons are:

1. Your life is what you make it – don’t waste your opportunity to live the life you’ve always wanted
2. Just Keep Learning – learning is (and should be) a lifelong process of always striving for more and better
3. A strong work ethic and dedicated perseverance will ultimately beat amazing talent (without those things) in the long run (think tortoise and hare – I’m currently the tortoise, doggedly in pursuit of those hares)

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Translation Contributor '15

Current Job

ESL / Computer Science / Graphic Design Teacher

Present

Jeonju University and Global Prodigy Academy High School

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August 2017

Aug 15 Tue · 00:31

Themes med

Created ticket #45648 on Themes Trac:
THEME: K2K – 1.0.0

December 2016

Dec 22 Thu · 22:44

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post New Homepage is Launched, on the site Make WordPress.org:
Nice job! Happy to see the change!~ It's a great way to get ready for…

October 2016

Oct 04 Tue · 03:26

Forums med

Posted a reply to Center Tables, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've added your comments as an Issue on the GitHub repository for this plugin. I'll…

Oct 04 Tue · 03:21

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Posted a reply to How to use the Shortcode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, I'll take care of this in the next update (hopefully this month). I need…

Oct 04 Tue · 03:20

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Posted a reply to Change Language – file `.pot` ?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, I'll take care of this in the next update (hopefully this month). I need…

Oct 04 Tue · 03:20

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Posted a reply to want only basic unit set, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, I'll take care of this in the next update (hopefully this month). I need…

Oct 04 Tue · 03:20

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Posted a reply to Translate the plugin to spanish, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, I'll take care of this in the next update (hopefully this month). I need…

Oct 04 Tue · 03:09

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Posted a reply to Suggestions for future updates, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the feedback! I've created an Issue with your suggestions on the GitHub repository…

August 2016

Aug 16 Tue · 07:40

Themes med

Created ticket #35576 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Jinn – 2.0.2

July 2016

Jul 25 Mon · 03:15

Themes med

Closed ticket #30477 on Themes Trac:
THEME: Zapper – 1.0.4