In our industry, 20 years is a long time. But I can’t help but think I’m just scratching the surface.<\/p>\n
Aaron Saray has been absolutely enthralled with programming for more than 2 decades. He’s programmed and scripted in many languages along the way, but gravitates towards Open Source technology like WordPress. Aaron has given more than 15 PHP-centric conference talks (he’s a MKE Wordcamp Alumn!), co-founded the Milwaukee PHP Users Group, and authored the WROX book Professional PHP Design Patterns. His true passion is mentoring programmers and encouraging team development, which just happens to be a great fit for his current role as Development Manager of a team specializing in PHP, Javascript and HTML5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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