DrupalCampLondon 2013: Climbing the Drupal Ladder - Addison Berry, Lullabot
Channel: DrupalCamp London
Date: 11/07/2013

DrupalCamp London 2013: Climbing the Drupal Ladder by Addison Berry from Lullabot.

Note: Apologies for the very low audio levels on this video.

As Drupal's popularity sky-rockets, so does the volume of issues and sense of urgency for problems to get solved fast. To keep up, we need to get more people contributing to core. There are a lot of people who would like to contribute to Drupal core, but they're not sure how, they don't feel qualified, and the time commitment feels prohibitive. Meanwhile, as Drupal's code base becomes more complex, the learning curve for contributing to Drupal core gets steeper. To get more people contributing to core, we need to make it easier to work on core. There are several initiatives in place to give everyone, from newbie to expert, a clear guideline for getting involved in the future of Drupal.
In this session we will look at the Drupal Ladder and Core Mentoring projects, explain the benefits of getting involved with core, and show you how to get your local community to dive in. It will include a status report on the Drupal Ladder goals, an overview of new materials and activities available to share with user groups, and a walkthrough of the current core mentoring process. This session will also propose next steps for helping the community get 1% of active users to contribute by 2014.
Bio:
Addi has been involved with Drupal since 2006. She is Lullabot's Director of Education and the Product Manager for Drupalize.Me. She has been working with technical documentation and training since 2000, and was the Drupal Documentation Lead from 2008 to 2010. She is one of the co-authors for the O'Reilly book Using Drupal. In March 2009 she was awarded a Knight Foundation grant to improve Drupal documentation. She is currently on the
Drupal Ladder steering group as the lesson maintainer. In addition to her focus on coordinating documentation efforts she's provided core patches, maintains several contributed modules, and has been involved with the Drupal Dojo and the Google Highly Open Participation (GHOP) mentoring programs. In 2010 Addison was recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Tech by Fast Company Magazine.