The document discusses strategies for PHP developers to advance their careers. It recommends gaining knowledge through continued learning, personal marketing and communication, and networking and social skills. Specific tips include contributing to open source projects, writing blogs, participating in user groups, conferences, and hackathons, and getting involved in mentoring programs. Networking, public speaking, and stepping outside one's comfort zone are portrayed as important for professional growth.

1. Treading the PHPath
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(@r!"#$%)

2. The Job Market

3. Telecommuting
bringing the competition to your town

4. How do you stand out?

5. Rafael Dohms
photo credit: Eli White
@rdohms
Evangelist, Speaker and
Contributor.
Developer at WEBclusive.
Enabler at AmsterdamPHP.

6. 5.000.000+
PHP developers
by skoop

7. the innovators
thinkers and sharers
research and adapt
i do this for a hobby
“this is my day job”
copy & paste crew
“ the nephews”

8. Lots of Job Openings
few qualified developers

9. Knowledge
Personal Marketing and Communication
Networking and People Skills
The pillars of professional growth
Fir0002/Flagstaffotos

10. ()$w#·"*+"/ !ä"#/
Noun:
1. Information and skills acquired
through experience or education;
the theoretical or practical
understanding of a subject.

11. Seek Knowledge!
read, research, practice

12. Dependency Injection Object Oriented Code
Dependency Management 2+ Frameworks
Javascript Unit Testing (TDD, BDD)
Scalability Version Control (Git, SVN)
What do I need to know?

13. School is never out

14. What do you do in your free time?

15. Pickup a pet project

16. Fix bugs in OSS
Help your User Group
Write Unit Tests
Your own tooling
Ready to go and without ideas?

17. Certifications
are they worth it?

18. http://phpmentoring.org
Find a mentor!

19. p"r'$)!#-&!r(",-)+
1. The act of promoting your
self and your work to
achieve your own personal
goals in life.
by slushpup

20. Your name is your calling card

21. What does Google say about you?

22. “[blogging] ... not only can you promote yourself and
your opinions...but you also get the opportunity to
discuss them with others and ... learn from their
particular experiences.”
Marco Tabini - Editor of php|arch
by sebastian bergmann

23. “senior [developers] ... need to be mature enough to
not only express themselves, but to be able to either
defend their position or correct themselves.”
Cal Evans - Blue Parabola / Zend DevZone
by rob allen

24. They really get along
and so do the tips they gave
by Jeremy Kendall

25. Your own blog
Talk to @e3BethT at php|arch
Anywhere!
Write and Blog

26. User Groups Sessions
Hackathons / Testfest
Conferences
Participate! Show up.

27. Contribute!
You find bugs everyday
Unit Tests
Share your own library

28. Start in your own company
User Groups, they are everywhere
Talk about what you see everyday
Give a talk!
by Josh Holmes

29. GitHub
contributing made easy

30. )",w$r(-)+
1. The art of meeting people
and making them remember
you.

31. Business Cards
always have them with you

32. Know who will be there
by skoop

33. Socials
by Eli White

34. Keep in touch
Mailing lists
IRC: #phpc
LinkedIn
by sebastian bergmann

35. CONFERENCE ALL THE THINGS!

36. Knowledge
Personal Marketing and Communication
Networking and People Skills
The pillars of professional growth
Fir0002/Flagstaffotos

37. Life
your comfort zone
you are here
Amsterdam
“Life starts outside your comfort zone”

38. Thank you.
@rdohms
http://doh.ms https://joind.in/7081
http://slides.doh.ms