Join us for BigWP in NYC on April 11!

The next BigWP NYC meetup will be on Wednesday, April 11 at USA Today’s offices at 1633 Broadway (btwn 50th and 51st).

The BigWP meetup is a networking event open to developers, product managers, and editorial teams who run large, high-traffic WordPress sites. There will be 4-5 flash talks of 10 mins. each with 5 mins. each for questions, followed by happy hour nearby. If you’re interested in attending on April 11, please RSVP here — space is limited.

We’re still looking for a couple more flash talks so if you’re interested and haven’t already been in touch, please email me with an overview of the topic you’d like to talk about.

Big thanks to David Parsons and the rest of the team at USA Today for offering their new digs for this meetup!

Upcoming Toronto BigWP Event and Training

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be hosting both a BigWP event and a training course in the Toronto area next month.

BigWP

BigWP is a networking and education event focused on supporting developers, product managers, and editorial teams who run large, high-traffic WordPress sites. We’ll have a handful of short (5-10 minutes) flash talks on various topics in enterprise-level WordPress and WordPress.com VIP.

When: Tuesday, March 15th at 7 p.m.
Where: Shaw Media, 121 Bloor St. East
Event and speaker information is here.

Training: Developer Fundamentals II

WordPress Fundamentals II is a day-long, intensive course meant to improve WordPress developers’ understanding of advanced concepts. The workshop focuses on code security and performance, and will be taught by Stéphane Boisvert and Mo Jangda.

We recommend the training session for all developers working with enterprise-level WordPress deployments as the concepts discussed will apply universally.

When: Tuesday, March 15th at 9 a.m.
Where: The Foundery, 376 Bathurst St.
Cost: $950 CAD per attendee
For more details or to purchase a ticket, please visit the Eventbrite page. The class is limited to 20 participants.

If you have any questions regarding these events, please feel free to contact me at rmarkel@automattic.com.

We’ll see you there!