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- renderedred0
I work with WP for something like 10 years already. Some valid points mentioned here. Rather study PHP/MySQL + CSS + JS if you can, then it doesn't matter which CMS you work with. Most WP sites I built are low budget simple template sites. Once in a very long while I get to work on a bigger or more interesting site based on WP. On the other hand, WP is a major CMS. I think it does depend a lot where you live and the market there. When I find myself explaining the difference between WIX and WP, you know, it's not really fun...
- Really not much need for studying mySQL these days - terrible advice (unless creating the CMS not using it)fadein11
- so you haven't used custom queries in WP ever, i see...renderedred
- yep but custom queries are not SQL language - just PHP.fadein11
- nocomply0
Specializing and narrowing your services is a good thing. I've more or less restricted all of my development work to WordPress over the past couple of years.
Don't let the people who tell you a WordPress site costs $300 scare you. There's plenty of money to be made, but you gotta have the skills, the confidence, and the right clients.
I've been working with WordPress for literally 7 or 8 years now and I'm still working on it.
Lot's of what you'll learn through WordPress will be applicable to other languages, CMS's, and frameworks as well. If you're interested in technology and programming, it'll be easy to shift your focus from WordPress to something else if and when the time comes. Just stay hungry and keep learning.
As mentioned above, WordPress currently powers over 20% of the web. Whatever is going to replace it will need to have an easy way to migrate WordPress installations over to this new system.
- nocomply0
I should also add, to me WordPress is just a tool for achieving a client's end goals - a tool I happen to be very comfortable with.
In terms of making a living off of WordPress, I think a lot of it also comes down to communicating with clients, listening to them, and understanding and solving their problems.
Those are necessary skills no matter what language or framework you're working with, and those skills will stick with you for life.
- I agree with everything you have said in these 2 comments - well said.fadein11
- nb0
HTML powers 100% of the web.
Electricity powers 100% of the earth, and some stuff in space.
I say start learning electricity.