Matt Perry is speaking on Scaling websites with WordPress examples: lessons from the movies at WordCamp Minneapolis.

What inspired or motivated you to give this talk at WordCamp?

I feel like an accessible talk about scaling is something that is missing from the world — being able to write code that can scale is an important skill for the WordPress developer. Also, I like movies.

How do you “create intention” in your job, career, or life?

One way that I create intention in my career is to check in with myself and my teammates once a year, in a sort of big-picture, directional way. Do I still love what I’m doing? Am I learning every day?

If you were a WordPress Plugin, what Plugin would you be and why?

Hello Dolly. I love being an object of controversy.

If you were not doing your current job, what profession would you be in and why?

I would be a teacher, like both of my parents. I love teaching and learning. I recently began volunteering with an amazing organization here in Seattle that teaches coding skills in the prison system — check them out: www.un-loop.org

What professional and/or research resource(s) can’t you live without?

Good documentation. I’m grateful every day for the dozens of times I look up a function or technique online. I use Dash (the OSX app) to make it easy.