Mika “Ipstenu” Epstein
When you’re Brave, Intelligent, Tenacious, Creative and Honest, people call you a B.I.T.C.H. no matter what field you’re in. Thankfully I’ve been lucky enough to work in technology, where that attitude and driven passion is cultivated. I work in IT for a nameless financial corporation, and self-trained myself in programming, web security, troubleshooting, and anything they throw at me.
Half-Elf Support Rogue
From the arcade game Gauntlet comes the phrase ‘Elf needs food badly!’ I remember fondly playing that game after school at the local 7-11, while my friends got slushies. For years I’ve used that quip and it’s variants when talking to friends, online or off. One day I made a joke about being a Half-Elf Support Rogue. Someone made my forum title on WordPress that. It stuck.
B.I.T.C.H.
Tabatha Coffey, reality TV star (from the weirdest show, Sheer Genius), said:
I am a bitch, or so many people have told me in numerous situations throughout my life, situations in which I told people what I was really thinking and feeling, didn’t back down from a position, stood up for what I believed in, had standards, held people accountable, or simply believed in myself and lived my life.
She decided to take back the word. BITCH stands for Brave, Intelligent, Tenacious, Creative and Honest. And that describes me to a T.
What’s with WordPress?
- volunteer forum moderator
- plugin referee
- core contributor
- busybody
Which is all a fancy way of saying in my free time, I help people and fix things. I don’t work for Automattic, WordPress, or any of their companies, though, so don’t get excited.
