When we meet people in the context of one thing, it’s easy to forget that there’s more than meets the eye, and that everybody has a story. Using and then contributing to WordPress changed my prospects completely. I’m a lead developer today, but there was a time I was a music major at VCU, and before that, a not-so-great teen running around Virginia Beach. Let’s take a moment to remember that everybody is somebody (if you went to OLHS, “I AM SOMEBODY”) and talk about how contributing to WordPress in some way could be a part of your journey.