I am currently a wordpress developer. I work for a small web design agency. I think I'd like to change the development practices and stack we use to being something like Next.JS with Tailwind so it uses a SSG and then only does dynamic stuff for very interactive components. it also means we can host it in a serverless way mostly using Vercel or SST. It also means we can do more high-end business and develop custom themes and command higher rates as we're not limited by some of the baggage wordpress brings. I also want a challenge by integrating things like version control, CI/CD, and self-hosting using tech like SST. Wordpress also just gets in the way, even with tech like Roots Sage as there isn't that good of hosting support for it other than hosting yourself. In that case, it's a security nightmare managing the server myself.
I'd like some advice on going about this. I am not a natural salesman. However, I am reading more about sales and influencing others, but I don't really know how to communicate the value of these better development practices to the boss who just sees the brief go to us, and we make it happen. I know we can deliver more quality and more robust solutions to the client, but I need some help figuring out how to do this. Another challenge I have is they underestimate how hard it can be to make wordpress and the current crop of themes work and to change them; they have a beginner level of elementor knowledge under their belt and they're very confident that they know best no matter what. They're overall a great boss but I don't think we can deliver better things unless we upgrade to more modern development practices. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I'd like some advice on going about this. I am not a natural salesman. However, I am reading more about sales and influencing others, but I don't really know how to communicate the value of these better development practices to the boss who just sees the brief go to us, and we make it happen. I know we can deliver more quality and more robust solutions to the client, but I need some help figuring out how to do this. Another challenge I have is they underestimate how hard it can be to make wordpress and the current crop of themes work and to change them; they have a beginner level of elementor knowledge under their belt and they're very confident that they know best no matter what. They're overall a great boss but I don't think we can deliver better things unless we upgrade to more modern development practices. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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