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The rest of this post has a different, decidedly-non-preachy voice, but this was my favorite part:

If you're a PHP genius, the world deserves to know; if you're barely competent, the world deserves to know that, too. If you won't stand by your work, then we don't want you in our community. Stop believing that you're the only one who will want that feature you're developing. Stop yourself from thinking that your implementation choices are without flaw.

From The four stages of the Drupal developer life cycle. I worked with Ben for a couple years at Jackson River and he's a hell of a guy.

DrupalCon Munich took place last week—well, last-last week, I guess—and it was pretty rad. I just got home a couple days ago, myself. My wife Erin and I figured that as long as I was in Germany already, we may as well make a trip of it, so she flew out on Friday (the sprint day of the con) and we spent the weekend in Munich, then flew up to Berlin for the following week. The whole trip was a blast, but we're talking about DrupalCon here.

If I'm being honest, the first couple days of the conference were largely lost on me. I was more jet-lagged than I thought, and I think a little bit culture-shocked by failing to understand just about everything that was being said around me. I took a year of German in college (eight years ago now), but that did remarkably little for my ability to communicate with people there.

I've got an exciting couple of months ahead of me!

Next Friday, June 22, I'll be speaking at Drupaldelphia: This Module Doesn't Work Right (And What You Can Do About It).

The last weekend of July will be the second CapitalCamp here in DC. Session selections are happening this week, so the chosen sessions will be announced soon.

In August, I'll be off to Germany for DrupalCon Munich. I'll be on a panel about organizing local meetups, along with Karyn Cassio, Addison Berry, and Paul Johnson: To Beer Or Not To Beer? Making meetups work.

It's going to be a nerdy summer!

As it often is, sexism in the tech industry was the topic of a lot of back-and-forth on Twitter this past week. It started with the revelation¹ that a modeling agency in Denver had been contracted to staff "booth babes" in the DrupalCon exhibit hall back in March, and continued (as it so often does) with debate over what behavior is appropriate at professional-ish industry events like DrupalCon.

The issue of "booth babes"² is the one that got under my skin the most, so let's talk about that. First, allow me outline my basic position on the issue:

From Inexperienced Drupal Developer:

I've recently noticed there are a ton of local Drupal jobs looking for experienced developers, and also a ton of awesome, but inexperienced developers looking for jobs. This seems like a problem. If people can't get experience in jobs, they can't get jobs that need experience. I'm hoping to help solve this problem by posting the job I've never seen. I'm seeking an inexperienced Drupal developer.

This is a FANTASTIC idea. We all know that the Drupal world needs more developers: every shop in every town is hiring. Scott's approach is a great way to get someone started off, and I'll bet that he's received a torrent of email already.