Nagesh Pai: [Dot]Com se [Dot]Org tak – Journey between the two WordPress

As a Happiness Engineer, Nagesh is a part of the WordPress.com Support Team at Automattic Inc. He started his WordPress journey as a hobbyist and freelancer, by building, and tinkering with WordPress websites between 2008 and 2016, alongside his different day jobs.

Nagesh comes with a rather diverse career track-record. With a strong background in Banking & Finance vertical, Nagesh has worked in the roles of Digital Marketing and Technology, as well as in Media houses. He has also served as a Media Planner with reputed agencies.

Nagesh’s WordPress journey kickstarted from a unique project: by setting up and running a community multimedia website that he built, without having any prior knowledge of programming. – RadioIdli.net. He started it on blogger, and, migrated it to self-hosted WordPress, sometime in 2009. This journey introduced him to WordPress and a career in digital marketing, and eventually led him to Automattic!

About the Talk With Which He Will Mesmerize You

When we speak about WordPress, there are talks and sometimes confusion around the two types of WordPress – WordPress.com and WordPress.org (called .Com and .Org here for simplicity). The talk aims at clearing the cloud around their difference, and beyond. Further, the talk would also explore a joyful journey beginning with the simple features of WordPress.com for a beginner. The journey can lead all the way to the possibility of a full blown WordPress.org website as its requirements and scope expand, and as its team learns more about building a website with WordPress.com.

The presence of WordPress.com allows any person with a basic internet connection to begin with a WordPress based website with zero investment. As the content and the requirement of the site grows it can be upgraded till a time the site can be moved to a self-hosted WordPress.org based website. This freedom and possibility allow any person to build their project step-by-step and learn all the nuances of WordPress along with a smooth learning curve.