Re:Ask HN - need some advice, I'm stuck
by throwaway657 on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @04:55PM
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Thank you for the advice. Been in the corporate world too long, I guess. Need to work on the portfolio.
I'll also try to get out of PHP. It would be nice to do something different for a change.
> I'll also try to get out of PHP
That escalated quickly. :)
If you didn't know, Drupal's written in PHP, and the upcoming Drupal 8 uses the Symfony framework. I always recommend learning new languages, but there's no pressing need for you to get out of PHP to move forward!
Re:Ask HN - need some advice, I'm stuck
by buckofalltrades on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @06:45PM
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You're quite welcome, best of luck. Also, I didn't mean to suggest that you should move away from PHP, only that you should add other technologies to your toolbox. PHP experience is and will continue to be valuable, no matter what the 20-something brogrammers say.
A portfolio will really help here. If you can put together a small site that shows what you've done before, that will help. The Drupal agencies (the better ones, anyway) will also probably want to see some activity on Drupal.org, but that's not necessarily a deal-breaker. If you do want to work on Drupal, go to some Drupal meetups, and make it your goal to be ready to apply for a Drupal job at the next DrupalCon in Austin next year (Drupal has a learning curve, you will need the time).