Nikhil Vimal: I’m a 15-year-old WordPress Developer/Contributor involved heavily in the WordPress community for two years. I am the founder of TechVoltz.com and blog at nik.techvoltz.com. Nikhil is speaking on The Awesome Guide to Contributing to WordPress at WordCamp Minneapolis.

What got you into working with WordPress?

An interest for building websites. I found WordPress.com a few years ago and eventually found WordPress.org, got hosting, setup my site in five minutes, and was playing with all the fun features of WordPress.

What do you like best about WordPress?

One thing I really like about WordPress is it’s community. The ability to get help from people and interact with them is an amazing experience that makes the WordPress community really unique in it’s own way!

What’s your WordPress design preference?
○ Starter Theme   ○ Free Theme   ○ Premium Theme   ○ Framework   ○ Other

Free Theme

What would we not guess about you outside of WordCamp?

I actually go to school every week. By day I’m a student, and after school, I become a WordPress plugin developer.

What do you like about WordCamps?

I enjoy the fun of learning and meeting new people at every WordCamp. It’s fun to see all the work that the organizers put into making the event fun for attendees. It’s also great to see a lot of cool sponsors with their awesome products and services.