A Moment of Panic While Contemplating Work

John McElhenney
Nov 3 · 6 min read

Yesterday, I was helping a client with a website project. It was in WordPress, so I felt comfortable presenting my skills as experienced and confident. The project, however, had different plans.

  1. Yes it was a WordPress project.
  2. It was also a database integration project. (With the esoteric FileMaker platform)
  3. There was an official DBA and…

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John McElhenney

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John McElhenney is an author and musician who lives in Austin, Texas. He’s best known for his single dad blog, The Whole Parent. (wholeparent.org)

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