My presentation during the i7storm ilocandian Conference in la union, Philippines last december 14, 2012.

1. The Drupal Ladder of
Success
Prepared by: Gemdev

2. About Me!
* Currently a Freelance Drupal Developer/Web
Designer/Themer
* Graduate of AB Political Science at Arellano University
Manila
* Head for events at Philippine Drupal Users Group
* Full-time Mom /freelance Artist and photographer
* Home-base Part-time Virtual Assistant/Project
Management

3. The Drupal Ladder:
There are 2 kinds:

4. 1.The Drupal Ladder in
Module development
* This ladder teaches essential skills for contributing
To Drupal 8 Core. Start from the bottom if you are a
Beginner, and climb as you acquire skills and
knowledge describe in each lessons.
An effective way on how you can also tract your
Drupal skills on where you will start and how you
Grow each day with drupal.

5. 2. Your Drupal Ladder
for Career development

6. Any Idea About Drupal?

7. First Thing Came to Mind
when you hear Drupal?
* a Content management
System

8. Content management
System?
CMS- it is a software application that help you
organize your contents, from creation of contents
to updating and deleting .

9. Why Drupal?

10. Why Should I use , learn,
love, and share Drupal?
Free and open source software (FOSS)
Drupal’s API allows you to create and customize
Functionality
Clean URLs
Drupal is powerful more than what you can imagine
The Power of the community
The Openness of the Drupal Source code
Drupal has an Amazing Culture for years
Drupal is very Flexible in collaboration

11. Drupal Core Leaders in
Philippines and their
Stories-Rachel Jaro-
started her advocacy in
php and drupalCEO-Founder of Tripsiders.co
Rachel jaro

12. Daniel Honrade -
Contributed the OM-
Maximenu In drupal.org
Before After

13. Gerald Villorente-
PHP,Joomla,Drupal
(CNN )

14. Paul de paula-started his
advocacy in joomla
,php,drupal (Abs-cbn
news online)
before
After

15. caballero-started his
advocacy since 2005 in
drupal and other open
source community
Before After

16. Sven Berg Ryen-started his
first drupal 2004 and
became successful currently
owned his own company

17. Gem devanadera-I started
my advocacy only 2011
and up to now

18. Dries Buytaert- Founder
and the Creator of
Drupal for 11 years now

19. Who are the people that
needs Drupal to help
them build personality
and career???

20. Where do I fit in Drupal?
Volunteer
Speaker
Mentor
Module Contributor
Site building
graphic/design
Event organizer
Founder of your own drupal shops company
Sponsor drupal meet ups and events

21. The Ladder of success in
building your career in
the drupal world!
• What is a Ladder?
* Ladder means- a structure wood,
metal, use to climbing up and down

22. The First step with your
Drupal Ladder:
First Step is important

23. 2. Positive Thoughts
and ideas are important

24. 3. Passion on what you
do( but guard it)

25. 4. Patience
Patience is a virtue

26. 5. Set up Priorities

27. 6. Make a Goal!

28. 7. Get involved

29. 8. Open your self to
Criticism and
corrections

30. 9. Keep your feet on the
ground

31. 10. Learn the hard way

32. 11. Learn the “Pay it
forward “ principles

33. 12. Faith is the key

34. 13. Build a Legacy

35. Now How do we see
your self in the Drupal
Ladder???

36. Websites built in drupal

37. So… what do you think
about Drupal???

38. Now are you ready to
Rock with Drupal?

39. For Future references:
To learn drupal, check out drupal.org website
Visit us on Facebook: Philippine Drupal Users Group
To know more about drupal- kindly check on videos like
youtube, lynda.com, Mustarseed.com, vimeo.com,
gotdrupal.com, etc.
email me @: gemdevanadera@drupalph.org
JOIN US ! And Learn with us !
Thank you