Mary Job

Member Since: April 28th, 2016
Location: Nigeria
Website: maryjob.com
GitHub: MaryOJob
Job Title: Support Engineer
Employer: Paid Memberships Pro
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Bio

I am a divergent technology enthusiast with 16+ years’ experience in the ICT industry, more than half of it I spent roaming the web, freelance writing, virtual assistant, until WordPress saved me 6+ years ago by giving me a voice of my own which I use freely on my personal blog.

I currently work as a Support Engineer at Paid Memberships Pro, a plugin that allows you get paid by selling Membership on your WordPress Website. I founded HowDoYou.Tech, a membership site selling search as a service for tech questions & WordPress Support to Africans. I use WordPress daily and see it as a tool for Personal and Professional Empowerment, I teach digital skills for free to women and girls at Uwani Hub and run my personal blog, I believes everyone should own a personal blog where they share their stories and experiences. I love Cats, Photography, Rabbits & Backpacking!

Interests

WordPress. Open Source Softwares. Open Research. Tacit Knowledge Management. Information Society Technologies.

WordPress Origin Story

I was in Ghana 2015 volunteering for my internship with the Salesians of Don Bosco when i got introduced to WordPress. I was surprised to find that their website was built on WordPress, as far as i was concerned, i tried blogging with WP about 3 years before that and it was a disaster.

I felt it was too complicated and difficult to use for blogging, much less designing a website. My internship assignment was a media collection database for the community while i did my blogging on another platform i had been using for years. Quite frankly, the most a published post on my blog got was usually a like from a friend or one comment and maybe 40 views, i used to think it was a personal blog after-all, maybe that is why.

Someone awesome in that community then asked why i was not blogging with WordPress, he then gave me a whole folder containing video tutorials for WP beginners which took me two weeks to watch and understand.

Today, i thank my creator for the day i was given those videos because i have not been able to look back from using WordPress. I moved my blog to WP, got over a hundred followers in two months, redesigned my blog to look so cool that i fell more in love with blogging.

Oh and guess what? I got my first client in the Tech World from WordPress, my client was based in the UK and they loved how my blog looked and needed a redesign for their WP website which was horrible to say the least. This started my journey into learning about WP, i made a lot of mistakes and i learned a lot too, today i am crazy about WP and actively building the WP community in my country Nigeria.

Moral of my Story:
1.) WordPress truly is anything you want it to be – make good use of your imaginations.
2.) No matter what you want to learn to use, there is no shortcut, if you dont take the patience to learn and understand any craft (Tech applications and software included), you are setting yourself up for a big time failure.
3.) Google is your best Friend! Don’t let her down, she has a lot of potential – become a great Googler (Know how to get accurate and actionable information for good positive benefits to yourself and your society.

Contributions

Mary Job contributes 4 hours per week to the following teams: Community, Documentation, Support.

Contribution History

Meetup Organizer
Meetup Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WordCamp Speaker

Activity
Favorites

Wrote a comment on the post Taking Charity Hackathons Online, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I am totally down for this, there is always a first time so why not…

2 days ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Chat Agenda | 02 April 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hello Team! Our bi-monthly Community Team chat is happening this Thursday, 2nd of April 2020.…

3 days ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp and Meetup application vetting sprints – March 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I will join in on March 22nd

2 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Chat Agenda | 19 March 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hello Team! Our bi-monthly Community Team chat is happening this Thursday, 19 March 2020. Meeting…

2 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Chat Agenda | 5 March 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Added to today's agenda are these recent posts: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/03/03/proposal-for-wordcamp-sites-seo-fixes/ https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/03/04/proposal-financial-support-for-venues-for-meetups-that-run-the-diverse-speaker-training-workshop/ https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/03/04/researching-livestream-infrastructure-and-support/ https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/03/05/new-organizer-recommendations-due-to-epidemic-based-uncertainty/

4 weeks ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Chat Agenda | 5 March 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hello Team! Our bi-monthly Community Team chat is happening this Thursday, 5th of March 2020.…

1 month ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2020

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Chat Agenda | 20 February 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Added to highlighted posts Timi, thank you.

1 month ago
Wrote a new post, Community Team Chat Agenda | 20 February 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hello Team! Our bi-monthly Community Team chat is happening this Thursday, 20 February 2020. Meeting…

1 month ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Reps for 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks Rocio 💃and everyone, I am super excited to get to work alongside Cami 💃💃

2 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Project: standalone contributor meetings in France, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I like this idea. A lot.

2 months ago
Created a topic, Works as described!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We are using this on a multisite and it works as inten…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp and Meetup application vetting sprint, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Saturday..yaay 🙂

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Works as described!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That will be awesome Jeff, thank you. I can't make use of it on a…

3 months ago
Created a topic, Works as described!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks Jeff for this cool plugin. I also wanted to ask…

3 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Community Team Reps for 2020, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Aww thanks for the Nomination Francesca.

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Works better than described!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks Rich. Awesome work you did already.

5 months ago
Created a topic, Works better than described!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I used this plugin on a multi site and its super easy …

5 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Application Vetting Sprints | 23 & 25 October 2019, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Awesome, will join you on Friday, 25 October 2019, 12:00 GMT+1

5 months ago
Created a topic, Works better than described!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Been using this plugin for almost a year now and it wo…

6 months ago
Wrote a new post, WordCamp Lagos 2019 Debrief, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
WordCamp Lagos 2019, I would say went smoothly, I am happy to report there was…

7 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Watch the livestream, on the site WordCamp Europe 2019:
I enjoyed watching the livestream from this page. Thanks to the captioning team, they did…

10 months ago
Wrote a new post, POST WORDCAMP SURVEY, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
With WordCamp Lagos officially over, we’d like to ask you to please help the organising…

10 months ago
Wrote a new post, WCLOS19 SPEAKER SLIDES, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
Here are the slides we have gathered from our WordCamp Lagos speakers. If you have…

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Improving Deputy Training – Volunteers Needed!, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I am here, how do we proceed?

10 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Nigeria’s First Wapuu Is Born!, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2018:
Thank you too.

11 months ago
Posted a reply to Phone number (better) default country, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hey hi Alex, i hope you have found a solution now, if not, to display…

11 months ago
Wrote a new post, WCLOS19 Day One Recap, See you tomorrow!, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
Dear WP Enthusiasts, Today was awesomeeeee and we can't wait to see you again tomorrow!!…

11 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Lagos 2019

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WCLOS19 is here. Are You Ready?, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
Hello Yemi, I just mailed you via your registered email address. Please respond. Thanks.

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WCLOS19 is here. Are You Ready?, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
Hello Bolaji, Please get a ticket here: https://2019.lagos.wordcamp.org/tickets/

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post WCLOS19 is here. Are You Ready?, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
The kids/Teenagers camp is taking place at the Zone Tech Park, Plot 9, Gbagada Industrial…

11 months ago
Wrote a new post, WCLOS19 is here. Are You Ready?, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
Dear WordPress Enthusiasts, First off, I would like to sincerely apologise to my Muslim Brothers…

11 months ago
Wrote a new post, In Honour of Catherine Mayokun Egwali – Kids/Teen Camp tickets Are Free, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
I first met Catherine physically in 2016. I had e-meet her in 2015 on a…

11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Nigeria’s First Wapuu Is Born!, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2018:
Thank you for appreciating WordPress and our Wapuu Larry. We appreciate you too.

11 months ago
Wrote a new post, Have you met Ayántẹ̀rọ̀?, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
Ayántẹ̀rọ̀ is Lagos first WAPUU, and the mascot for WordPress Lagos community. Created by Emperor…

11 months ago
Wrote a new post, How To Convince Your boss to send you to wordcamp Lagos this year, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
WordCamp Lagos offers sessions and workshops for website owners, entrepreneurs, and bloggers, but what about…

12 months ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Lagos 2019

12 months ago
Wrote a new post, Why should i Register For contributor day?, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
In seven (7) points, i will tell you what experience contributing would give you before…

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Introduction to WordPress: Workshop for kids, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
Instructor: Adejoke Haastrup, Project Manager at KidsCode Nigeria.Suitable for: Students ages 8+ with basic internet…

1 year ago
Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2019

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Recap of the Kids Event Working Group Chat | Thursday 14 March 2019, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
This is a great initiative.

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Getting Started with Deputy Mentors, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
I would be happy to take part 🙂

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Places to stay, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
Available Hotels Around Zone Tech park For WordCamp Lagos. If you are like me and…

1 year ago
Created a new ticket, #4299, in Meta Trac:
Adding an auto-response feature to forms on WordCamp sites

1 year ago
Created a topic, Easy to use, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin does exactly what it says it will do. It i…

1 year ago
Wrote a comment on the post Using Open Collective to manage money for do_action charity hackathons and Intro to OS workshops, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
How can i help Hugh?

1 year ago
Wrote a new post, Register Your Wards FOr WCLOS19 Kids-Camp, on the site WordCamp Lagos 2019:
Last year, at the first city Nigerian WordCamp we held in Lagos, we had a…

1 year ago

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