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title: Come for the software, stay for the community
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date: 2024-04-08
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permalink: daily/2024/04/08/come-for-the-software--stay-for-the-community
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tags:
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- software-development
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- drupal
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- php
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cta: ~
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snippet: Come for the software, stay for the community
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One of my favourite Drupal phrases is "Come for the software, stay for the community".
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I started using Drupal so I could build a website for the Tae Kwon-Do school I was training at, and then started to get involved with the community online and at events, such as local meetups and conferences, such as DrupalCamps and DrupalCon.
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I started to contribute code to Drupal core and contrib projects and was a contribution mentor at my first DrupalCon in Prague in 2017 as well as others since, helping first time Drupal contributors.
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I've got jobs and projects from my involvement with the community, including working for the Drupal Association itself.
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I've met people and travelled to places I otherwise wouldn't have because of the Drupal community, as well as the wider PHP, open source and software development communities,
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I came to Drupal for the code, and stayed for the code and the community.
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