{"id":1566,"date":"2018-10-03T04:04:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T04:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.seattle.wordcamp.org\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2018-10-09T14:41:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T14:41:26","slug":"branden-youngs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/branden-youngs\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know Your Flight Crew &#8211; Branden Youngs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since those behind\u00a0the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year&#8217;s crew:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Branden Youngs,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Website\u00a0Developer<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you do for a living?\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m an &#8216;User Experience Developer.&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How do you use WordPress?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1590\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/branden-youngs\/branden-headshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/branden-headshot.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,959\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"branden-headshot\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Branden Youngs,\u00a0Website\u00a0Developer for WordCamp Seattle 2018&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/branden-headshot-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/branden-headshot.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1590\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.seattle.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/09\/branden-headshot-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Branden Youngs,\u00a0Website\u00a0Developer\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/branden-headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/branden-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/branden-headshot-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/branden-headshot-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/seattle.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/09\/branden-headshot.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have a personal blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/byoungz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">byoungz.com<\/a>, where I post all the adventures life has taken me. I work professionally creating as a web developer that includes creating WP plugins and themes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How did you end up involved in WordCamp?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>I was connected to WordCamp Seattle through my use of the Seattle <a href=\"https:\/\/wpseattle.slack.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress Slack Channel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s your guilty pleasure\/hobby\/outside of work passion? <\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adventuring and writing poetry.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>How to get in touch with Branden:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/branden-youngs-1a650b41\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/byoungz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>When you see Branden at WordCamp Seattle in Nov (you have your <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.seattle.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">boarding pass, correct?<\/a>), be sure to say hello and thank him for all his hard work and time volunteering to make WordCamp 2018 the best one yet.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Since those behind\u00a0the scenes of WordCamp mostly go unnoticed, we decided it would be a nice twist to introduce you some of this year&#8217;s crew: Branden Youngs,\u00a0Website\u00a0Developer What do you do for a living?\u00a0 I\u2019m an &#8216;User Experience Developer.&#8217; How do you use WordPress? 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