During the past 10 years I have had quite a journey with Drupal. It started in 2007 while I was at university, then I continued learning it when I graduated and became a freelancer.
Since then many things changed from being a hobbyist learner, to teaching new developers and users what I've learnt.
During this session I'll be sharing the key moments and learnings that were significant for me so that you can benefit from my learnings and save time.
I'll cover community events, meetups, camps, sprints and personal branding. I'll share some tips on freelancing & marketing yourself too.
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Who am I?
• Site Builder, Front End Dev, Consultant & Trainer
• Drupal 8 core contributor
• Organiser of Drupal West London user group & other Drupal
events in London
• Involved in training & mentoring Drupal developers
• Drupal meetup & camp addict
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2007
• While studying at university played with Drupal 5 after comparing it
with WordPress & Joomla
• Started with shared hosting, development on live servers
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2009
• Built first e-commerce website
• Attended 1st Drupal meet up in London (didn’t go
regularly). Difficult being young & inexperienced.
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2011
• Drupal 7 released
• Started working as a full-time contractor
• Met Dries at Drupal meet up in London
• Didn’t attend DrupalCon London due to finances. I
should have looked at scholarships/grants
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2017
• Business Days Frankfurt
• DrupalCamp Belgium
• DrupalCamp Dublin & being invited as Committee member
• DrupalCon Vienna : inc Business Summit & Marketing Sprint
• Video interviews
• …?
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Blogging & social media
• Record your achievements as you go
• Blogging is great for this
• Help others & your future self. Market yourself & your company
• It markets you while you’re sleeping
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Thank you mentors
• Emma Maria, Ruben Teijeiro, Floris van Geel
• Jeffrey ‘Jam’ McGuire, Paul Johnson
• Campbell Vertesi, Adam Juran
• Josef Dabernig, Michael Schmid, Gabor Hojtsy
• And many more
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Summary
• Don’t be shy, jump in. Push yourself
• Don’t be afraid to ask for help
• Submit as many sessions as you can
• Use opportunities Drupal gives to see the world
• Contribute to community however you can