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I remember attending Mario’s<\/a> presentation last year at WordCamp Europe 2016 in Vienna<\/a>. He talked about remote work and how to manage it efficiently. I loved it! And the interesting thing is that it wasn’t the topic itself that grabbed my attention, but Mario’s relaxed attitude in general. Relaxed, cheerful, making jokes, Mario Peshev looked more like he was out for a beer with friends than\u00a0holding a talk in front of 500 people (or more).<\/p>\n In this interview, I got\u00a0the chance to find out more about Mario\u00a0and his professional background. I learned that he’s extremely dedicated to his work (no exaggeration<\/em> – “extremely” is the right word), he puts passion into every task he takes care of, and he doesn’t mind if his career occupies most of his life. Because for him, working is not an actual job. It’s just what he loves to do. And he does it successfully, if you ask me. He’s handling a team of 30+ people at DevriX<\/a>, a technical and business growth consulting company he founded back in 2010.<\/p>\n When he’s not in charge of his diverse entrepreneurship and development activities, Mario\u00a0is contributing to the WordPress core, reviewing themes in the WordPress.org repository, and helping the Bulgarian WordPress community grow stronger. In case that wasn’t enough, he’s also the co-founder of WordCamp Sofia, the leader of the WordPress national meetup in his country, and co-organizer of WordCamp Europe (when time allows him to get involved).<\/p>\n Let’s hear the rest from the man himself in this Mario Peshev Interview:<\/p>\n\n\t\t My background is in software engineering for the enterprise – mainly Java EE and other platforms for high-profile clients (telecoms, multinational chain stores, banks). When I’ve started freelancing full-time in 2008, I’ve been juggling between 7-8 projects coding in several different programming languages which wasn’t as efficient or productive at the end.<\/p>\n In 2010 I joined my first start-up in the WordPress field. I had former experience building a PR software on top of WordPress (way before custom post types were a thing) and got fascinated by the full capabilities of the WordPress software. We’ve already had a small team in-house and switched entirely to WordPress which allowed us to dig deeper in the internals, build a large set of plugins and even start submitting patches to the WordPress core.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Since our headquarters are in Europe and most of the team works in EU hours, I work with the folks in our team during day time. In the evening I often coordinate the planning with our US clients. I take some breaks in-between and schedule interviews, podcasts, guest posts and others in a structured manner, planned ahead.<\/p>\n It’s fairly dynamic but the benefits of switching between projects and various types of activities is quite energizing \ud83d\ude42<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Seeing my production code working for websites struggling with specific use case scenarios is quite satisfactory, and understanding the internals of major APIs helps with my day-to-day development activities.<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Most of our clients come for one-off projects and later on understand the business needs for a solid team that could scale their platform and be a reliable partner as the business grows. Some of our accounts reach out precisely due to our commitment to their business model and the willingness to support their business and technical needs in the long run.<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n I strive for nurturing professional and personal traits in everyone I work with – from our team through our clients up to my readers and partners everywhere across the world. That comes in different forms and shapes – be it mentoring sessions at the office, process documentation, guest posts, interviews, coaching calls, and everything in-between.<\/p>\n I’ve been active with training courses and have over 10,000 hours of training activities over the past 11 years, but blocking time completely for 4-6 hours during a training session prevents me from being available for everyone else. Which is why I’ve transformed my workflow into a more async one that allows me to multitask and work on several things at a time.<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Success could be a parent who is truly committed to their children. Or a spiritual monk who believes in living in a monastery. Or a business owner who provides for their family and gives opportunity for their staff.<\/p>\n As long as people have realistic expectations and reasonable time frames, everyone could be successful and satisfied with their achievements.<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Working on a thin layer that allows for easily detaching components would be excellent for businesses who don’t need a certain set of features coming out of the box.<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nMario Peshev Interview – The CEO of DevriX<\/h2>\n
When and how did you start working with WordPress? Is there an interesting story here?<\/h4>\n
You’re in charge of an entire company, keep seminars and workshops on many continents, write blog posts regularly, contribute to WordPress. How do you manage to get everything done?<\/h4>\n
About contributing to the WordPress core, what’s the most challenging thing you’ve done so far? What’s the biggest satisfaction you get from this?<\/h4>\n
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From the large range of services your company is offering, which one is the most difficult to provide? Also, which one is the most requested by the clients?<\/h4>\n
Who’s doing things that are just cutting-edge and incredible in the WordPress space right now?<\/h4>\n
Describe the WordPress community in one word.<\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nFrom all the things you’re currently doing, what’s the one thing you enjoy the most and why?<\/h4>\n
How do you define “being successful”?<\/h4>\n
What do you like to do when you’re not WordPress-ing?<\/h4>\n
What’s the one thing you’d like to change about WordPress?<\/h4>\n
What are your recommendations for a WordPress novice?<\/h4>\n