How to grow new Drupalists

Why are we doing this?
We believe it is important for Drupal community to grow and keep growing to maintain the supply of Drupalists and visibility of Drupal as a solution.

What is our perspective?
As more recent inductees into the world of Drupal, we approach the recruitment and training of Drupalists from the bottom-up perspective of those recruited, rather than the perspective of the agencies employing them. From this perspective, valuable conclusions can be drawn with regards to the recruitment and training of new Drupalists that are not normally emphasized. We consider these insights to be complementary to the agency perspective, generating a more complete picture of what recruitment practices could be.

What will the talk feature?
We will talk about how we ended up as Drupal developers, and emphasise the importance of well-considered training and onboarding, again from the perspective of new Drupalists. We provide a sketch of what such a flow of training and onboarding may look like, and what are the risks and opportunities in such. We will also emphasize the importance of cooperation and connections with sources of developers, such as educational institutions.