{"id":1560,"date":"2015-06-08T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2015-06-07T21:57:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T02:57:48","slug":"speaker-spotlight-andy-brudtkuhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-andy-brudtkuhl\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Spotlight: Andy Brudtkuhl"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Andy<\/a><\/strong>Andy is a web developer from Des Moines, Iowa who came to WordPress after a lot of other work. He gave us a little insight into his work so that you could get to know him better!<\/p>\n

Q: How did you get started in your current field?<\/strong>
\nA:\u00a0I started my career as a Software Engineer building web applications in ASP.Net for a few startups and then as an independent contractor for enterprises doing backend and front end development. I dabbled in WordPress for about 8 years before doing it full time as a freelancer and now as an employee managing dozens of sites.<\/p>\n

Q: Describe your \u2018ah ha\u2019 moment about WordPress?<\/strong>
\nA:\u00a0When I discovered plugins can do anything.<\/p>\n

Q: If you could go back to when you were getting started and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be?<\/strong>
\nA:\u00a0Plugins are where it’s at.<\/p>\n

Q: Describe your talk in three sentences or less.<\/strong>
\nA:\u00a0Learn how to use tools and processes to improve your workflow to become a better and more efficient WordPress developer.<\/p>\n

Q: Who should attend your talk (beginner developer, intermediate content provider, advanced designer, etc)?<\/strong>
\nA: Beginning developers.<\/p>\n

This post is part of a multi-day series<\/a> featuring speakers from WordCamp Kansas City 2015.\u00a0Subscribe to have them delivered to your mailbox, or feel free to check back every day!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andy is a web developer from Des Moines, Iowa who came to WordPress after a lot of other work. He gave us a little insight into his work so that you could get to know him better! Q: How did you get started in your current field? A:\u00a0I started my career as a Software Engineer … Continue reading Speaker Spotlight: Andy Brudtkuhl<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10573955,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,8335],"tags":[491568,5041,27085,14],"class_list":["post-1560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speakers","category-spotlight","tag-andy-brudtkhul","tag-developer","tag-kansas-city","tag-wordpress"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5UiQo-pa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1563,"url":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-kim-beasley\/","url_meta":{"origin":1560,"position":0},"title":"Speaker Spotlight: Kim Beasley","author":"Josepha","date":"June 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Our own Kim Beasley will be joining the Kansas City WordCamp speaker list for the first time. She'll be brining some knowledge for beginning to intermediate site creators, so we wanted to know\u00a0a little more about her! Q: How did you get started in your current field? A:\u00a0I've been developing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "speakers"","block_context":{"text":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/category\/wordcamp-kc-news\/speakers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Kim Beasley","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2015.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/06\/Kim-Beasley-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1161,"url":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-frankie-jarrett\/","url_meta":{"origin":1560,"position":1},"title":"Speaker Spotlight: Frankie Jarrett","author":"Josepha","date":"May 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Frankie is a regular WordCamp\u00a0speaker in both his native Kansas City and elsewhere. He's a lifelong learner and excellent educator. Read on to learn more! Q: How did you get started in your current field? A:\u00a0I started building static websites for clients in 2002 under the guise of \"web designer\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "speakers"","block_context":{"text":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/category\/wordcamp-kc-news\/speakers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Frankie Jarrett","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2015.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/05\/Frankie-Jarrett-300x300.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1123,"url":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-kristin-falkner\/","url_meta":{"origin":1560,"position":2},"title":"Speaker Spotlight: Kristin Falkner","author":"Josepha","date":"May 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Like many of us, Kristin is a self-taught developer using WordPress. She was previously a WordCampKC organizer, so we are happy to welcome her back to our stage. Read on to learn more about her! Q: How did you get started in your current field? A:\u00a0I started teaching myself web\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "speakers"","block_context":{"text":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/category\/wordcamp-kc-news\/speakers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Kristin Falkner","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2015.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/05\/Kristin-Falkner-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1637,"url":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-brian-bookwalter\/","url_meta":{"origin":1560,"position":3},"title":"Speaker Spotlight: Brian Bookwalter","author":"Josepha","date":"June 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A long time supporter of WordPress Kansas City, Brian will be joining us to talk about bit about page builders. We know you've got questions, so we learned a little more about him below! Q: How did you get started in your current field? A:\u00a0I worked as a print graphic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "speakers"","block_context":{"text":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/category\/wordcamp-kc-news\/speakers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Brian Bookwalter","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2015.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/06\/Brian-Bookwalter-300x300.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1679,"url":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-mary-baum\/","url_meta":{"origin":1560,"position":4},"title":"Speaker Spotlight: Mary Baum","author":"Josepha","date":"June 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We're happy to introduce Mary Baum to our WordCamp Kansas City attendees. She got her start\u00a0in print media and marketing, so we asked her to give a little more insight into how she got where she is. Q: How did you get started in your current field? A:\u00a0I'm trained as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "speakers"","block_context":{"text":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/category\/wordcamp-kc-news\/speakers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mary Baum","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2015.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/06\/Mary-Baum-300x300.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":944,"url":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-spotlight-rebecca-haden\/","url_meta":{"origin":1560,"position":5},"title":"Speaker Spotlight: Rebecca Haden","author":"Josepha","date":"May 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Rebecca Haden will be joining us again this year to talk about SEO, content, and collaborating in a distributed\u00a0company using WordPress. We asked her a few questions about her work and her presentation so that you could get to know her better! Q: How did you get started in your\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "speakers"","block_context":{"text":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/category\/wordcamp-kc-news\/speakers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rebecca Haden","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2015.kansascity.wordcamp.org\/files\/2015\/05\/WCKC-Rebecca-Haden-e1431921328304.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10573955"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1562,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1560\/revisions\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansascity.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}