BuddyPress.org

In the summer of Twenty Eleven
My job was not going so well
My desk was no working man’s heaven
More closely it resembled hell

My sources of strife I shall spare you
Only these tidbits I’ll tell
My boss was a jerk and most of my work
Was done in straight HTML

For many long days I endured this
So that I could bring home enough cash
But it’s hard to do any site justice
When using Dreamweaver and Flash

But then the day came when I found
This free open source CMS
It soon turned my whole world around
The system that’s known as “WordPress”

I dove in and I learned about plugins
MySQL, JS, PHP
I learned all the outs and all the ins
And then knew what I wanted to be

I decided to start my own business
Told my boss that he could take a hike
Set out with just me and WP
To see what self employment was like

The burdens and hardships were many
As I journeyed down that long road
But I started to make a sweet penny
When I discovered I freaking love code!

So farewell to Frontpage and Adobe
I’m pleased with how my future looks
I’m paving the way to a much brighter day
With filters and actions and hooks

So don’t listen to all the naysayers
For I know what I have is the best
It has answered all of my prayers
Hello Dolly, goodbye to the rest