Simon Dickson spent ten years working in UK government and media companies, growing increasingly frustrated at the slow pace of in-house web development. He went freelance in 2007, inspired by the possibilities of working with open source generally, and WordPress in particular. Simon persuaded the UK Prime Minister’s office to switch to WordPress in 2008, with a number of national ministries following suit. Together with regular core contributor Simon Wheatley, he founded Code For The People as a specialist WordPress development agency in 2012. Current clients include the Rolling Stones, Oxford University, Riverdance, Kew Gardens and Automattic.