NYCPHP Meetup

[Brent Baisley]

Congrats, you have job security!

One rarely learns all there is to know about a piece of software.
Drupal is written in PHP, why not learn PHP? Write some plugins or
even submit code for inclusion into Drupal.

Knowing Drupal isn't going to qualify you for other projects, only
Drupal projects. Knowing PHP will qualify you for much more.

I'm actually in the opposite role you are, I know PHP and am getting
pushed in Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla.

Brent Baisley

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Anthony Wlodarski<ant92083 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been lucky/unfortunate to have acquired quite a lot of knowledge
> about a certain CMS (Drupal).  Now although I built a pretty cool website
> and have tackled a lot of the scalability issues I believe I have learned
> all that I can from the software and would like to move on.  Currently I am
> in a situation where our company keeps pulling in clients that are stuck on
> Drupal as a buzzword but don't think about the future of their website and
> the scalability of the CMS itself.  What are some recommended tactics when
> it comes to dealing with superiors and the displeasure of your current
> projects?  Also how do you keep yourself from being pigeonholed into a
> project because you have a vast repository of knowledge on the matter?
>
> I feel that no matter how many times I discuss with my manager how much I
> want to move on and learn new technology I am going to be stuck in the same
> situation forever, I see new projects roll in and hope they get assigned to
> me but then I just see them float along and then I see a whole bunch of
> To-Do's with Drupal filling in my inbox.  Is it time to find a new job?
> --
> Anthony W.
> ant92083 at gmail.com
>
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