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<p>As well as building applications with PHP and Drupal, I spend a lot of time helping others and "paying it forward".</p>
<p>I write and contribute to open-source software and offer free online pair programming sessions to work on open-source projects.</p>
<p>I speak at conferences and meetups.</p>
<p>I create content, including videos and coding live streams.</p>
<p>I mentor at in-person events, such as DrupalCon, and for bootcamps, such as School of Code.</p>
<p>I've organised events, such as PHP South Wales and DrupalCamp Bristol, and reviewed session submissions for DrupalCon.</p>
<p>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>
<p>In July 2008, when I was evaluating technologies, I posted a question on a forum (I was learning HTML, PHP and MySQL then).</p>
<p>Someone replied and recommended using Drupal, which is how I learned about the project.</p>
<p>If they hadn't done that, I may not be in the position I am now.</p>
<p>I might not have found Drupal, contributed to it, worked for the Drupal Association, or spoken at DrupalCon.</p>
<p>Now, it's my turn to pay it forward.</p>
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<p>As well as building applications with PHP and Drupal, I spend a lot of time helping others and "paying it forward".</p>
<p>I write and contribute to open-source software and offer free online pair programming sessions to work on open-source projects.</p>
<p>I speak at conferences and meetups.</p>
<p>I create content, including videos and coding live streams.</p>
<p>I mentor at in-person events, such as DrupalCon, and for bootcamps, such as School of Code.</p>
<p>I've organised events, such as PHP South Wales and DrupalCamp Bristol, and reviewed session submissions for DrupalCon.</p>
<p>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>
<p>In July 2008, when I was evaluating technologies, I posted a question on a forum (I was learning HTML, PHP and MySQL then).</p>
<p>Someone replied and recommended using Drupal, which is how I learned about the project.</p>
<p>If they hadn't done that, I may not be in the position I am now.</p>
<p>I might not have found Drupal, contributed to it, worked for the Drupal Association, or spoken at DrupalCon.</p>
<p>Now, it's my turn to pay it forward.</p>
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