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Austin studied Kinesiology in school, but after discovering web development, he never looked back. For about 3 years it has been an ever-growing passion of his which started as a hobby, turned into an internship, taken him into freelancing, and has now landed him as a full-time, lead developer at an agency in San Diego — Visceral<\/a>.<\/p>\n We\u2019re thrilled Austin will be speaking at WordCamp Sacramento 2016 on Web Performance: Three Stages to Success!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To help you learn even more about Austin, we asked him to answer a few questions for us, some WordPress-related, and some others we think you’ll appreciate \ud83d\ude42 Be sure to give him a shout out on Twitter<\/a> and don\u2019t forget to use our hashtag #wcsac<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Since becoming a developer I find myself feeling very passionate about performance and really enjoying working with WordPress. I also come across a few tricks or see areas of improvement that I would like to share with the rest of the community.<\/p>\n At my first internship, WordPress was the CMS of choice. Im glad for that too.<\/p>\n I was introduced to WordPress very early on in my career and am glad about it. It has taught me a lot about open source, best practices, community, giving back, and so much more. It also makes building sites incredibly easy.<\/p>\n At my company, Visceral, we primarily build custom tailored websites for nonprofits and cause-driven organizations. I am a lead developer so I build custom themes and plugins most of my days.<\/p>\n I think the nature of every developer is to be curious and try new things. WordPress has so many features and functions that I discover on a regular basis, it’s awesome. Discovery could be learning something new about core, learning about a new plugin, or finding out how other people are building their businesses. <\/p>\n Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<\/em> (re-read). Currently reading Our Final Invention<\/em> by James Barrat.<\/p>\n Hikari Sushi (Brescia, IT); All you can eat sushi!<\/p>\n I don’t really watch television. Stranger Things is pretty good.<\/p>\n I travel a bit, hike, play soccer, and I like to play around with other technologies outside of WordPress. Currently working on a NodeJS project. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Get To Know Austin Gil Austin studied Kinesiology in school, but after discovering web development, he never looked back. For about 3 years it has been an ever-growing passion of his which started as a hobby, turned into an internship, … Continue reading WordCamp Sacramento Speaker Q&A: Austin Gil<\/span> Speaker Q&A With Austin<\/h2>\n
What inspired you to give this talk at WordCamp?<\/h3>\n
How did you discover WordPress?<\/h3>\n
How has WordPress Or WordCamp impacted you?<\/h3>\n
How do you primarily work with WordPress?<\/h3>\n
What does the WordCamp theme Discovery mean to you?<\/h3>\n
What is the latest book you read?<\/h3>\n
What is your favorite restaurant? Favorite menu item?<\/h3>\n
What TV series are you current binging on\/into?<\/h3>\n
What do you do for fun?<\/h3>\n