15 going on to 16

This is my last-ditch attempt to write a blog post in 2015. I thought it would be nice to look back on the year and make plans for the new year.

In 2015

• Attended WordCamp Paris
• Promoted as an admin in the theme review team
• Gave a talk on “Do’s and Don’ts of WordPress Theme Development” at the WordPress Meetup in Bern
• Attended WordCamp Köln
• Stopped working at CyberChimps after working there for two years
• Missed WordCamp Europe 🙁
• Failed my exams which I will be retaking in 2017
• Was able to hand over the organising of the WordPress Meetups in Bern to a friend for the second half of the year as I was not able to attend the Meetups
• Became a conscript. I have to serve until end of April 2016 🙁 Then I will be free for the rest of my life. 🙂
• Helped organize WordCamp Switzerland
• Worked on a new WordPress company that my friend Stefan and I are planning of launching in 2016
• Contributed to TwentySixteen and WP 4.4 with a inline docs patch
• Contributed to some WordPress related projects like _s and EDD
• Released a new plugin Polylang Slug
• Passed my theoretical driving test
• Increased the amount I have earned from WordPress related work

In 2016 I plan to do the following things

• Launch the new WordPress theme and plugin site and a few products
• Pass my driving test
• Going to watch my first WWE live event with my brother in Glasgow
• Get a part-time job related to WordPress. Need to start looking 🙂
• Travelling to Paris from May to July to work on my French and take the French B2 exam
• Attend WordCamp Europe in June
• Visit Japan for a month and traiu and possibly a WordCamp if there is one
• Attend WordCamp Lahore in September
• Help organize WordCamp Switzerland again
• Attend WordCamp US and the Contributor Summit
• Improve in my JavaScript skills
• Integrate accessibility testing in my workflow
• Write a unit test

That is about it. 🙂