{"id":777,"date":"2015-08-06T18:10:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T01:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.vegas.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=777"},"modified":"2015-08-06T18:10:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T01:10:37","slug":"russell-aaron","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/vegas.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/russell-aaron\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Aaron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>College was the place that I first found WordPress. I moved to Eugene Oregon and attended The University of Oregon. This is where I learned how to write a blog. I learned how to manipulate the template &#8220;theme&#8221; of my site. I had all these blog posts and I still did not get hired. After graduation, I moved to Las Vegas and I was selling memberships to adult websites. I was asked to build the website for the affiliate program. I turned to WordPress once again. <\/p>\n<p>In 2011, I attended WordCamp Vegas. 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