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As well as building applications with PHP and Drupal, I spend a lot of time helping others and \"paying it forward\".<\/p>\n\n

I write and contribute to open-source software and offer free online pair programming sessions to work on open-source projects.<\/p>\n\n

I speak at conferences and meetups.<\/p>\n\n

I create content, including videos and coding live streams.<\/p>\n\n

I mentor at in-person events, such as DrupalCon, and for bootcamps, such as School of Code.<\/p>\n\n

I've organised events, such as PHP South Wales and DrupalCamp Bristol, and reviewed session submissions for DrupalCon.<\/p>\n\n

But I wouldn't have been able to do this without others doing the same when I was learning and getting into software development.<\/p>\n\n

In July 2008, when I was evaluating technologies, I posted a question on a forum (I was learning HTML, PHP and MySQL then).<\/p>\n\n

Someone replied and recommended using Drupal, which is how I learned about the project.<\/p>\n\n

If they hadn't done that, I may not be in the position I am now.<\/p>\n\n

I might not have found Drupal, contributed to it, worked for the Drupal Association, or spoken at DrupalCon.<\/p>\n\n

Now, it's my turn to pay it forward.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n

As well as building applications with PHP and Drupal, I spend a lot of time helping others and \"paying it forward\".<\/p>\n\n

I write and contribute to open-source software and offer free online pair programming sessions to work on open-source projects.<\/p>\n\n

I speak at conferences and meetups.<\/p>\n\n

I create content, including videos and coding live streams.<\/p>\n\n

I mentor at in-person events, such as DrupalCon, and for bootcamps, such as School of Code.<\/p>\n\n

I've organised events, such as PHP South Wales and DrupalCamp Bristol, and reviewed session submissions for DrupalCon.<\/p>\n\n

But I wouldn't have been able to do this without others doing the same when I was learning and getting into software development.<\/p>\n\n

In July 2008, when I was evaluating technologies, I posted a question on a forum (I was learning HTML, PHP and MySQL then).<\/p>\n\n

Someone replied and recommended using Drupal, which is how I learned about the project.<\/p>\n\n

If they hadn't done that, I may not be in the position I am now.<\/p>\n\n

I might not have found Drupal, contributed to it, worked for the Drupal Association, or spoken at DrupalCon.<\/p>\n\n

Now, it's my turn to pay it forward.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ], "feeds_item": [ { "imported": "1970-01-01T00:33:45+00:00", "guid": null, "hash": "43ead52317b471703708839250e11a67", "target_type": "feeds_feed", "target_uuid": "90c85284-7ca8-4074-9178-97ff8384fe76" } ] }