I want to learn how to code and specialize in WordPress

Gonna play devil's advocate here. I started coding as a kid in the 80s. Sold my first program when I was 13, sold my first hand coded my first website in 1994 for $10k, wrote a custom CMS for a major sports sanctioning body in the early 2000s, and maintained numerous successful open source CMS/e-comm extensions with 100,000s of downloads including a lightweight custom theme platform.

About 3 years ago I shut down all of the extensions and themes. The work required to maintain custom code over time is not worth it. Unless you scale up and charge accordingly, all you end up doing is a ton of coding and product support for free. That and listen to everyone complain that your product isn't free anymore or costs more that it used to. Constantly.

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