Learning

I think (I philosophize) that an awesome woman coder is easy to spot, and no one doubts her skills. As a mediocre (currently) middle-aged female new Drupal coder I think it's harder to gain respect, to be included in the conversation, and generally to be seen as having the potential to gain the skillset. Sometimes, I wish I were male and 25. The assumptions are different.

(Recently told on a job interview that they were looking for someone fresh out of school... both in initial phone call, and at the interview... so, in that case, she didn't mean male, she just meant half my age...)

This is a new job posting. We had previously posted a job for a similar position but were unable to hire the right candidate please consider this new posting.

The Science Museum of Minnesota is hiring a Drupal developer to work as part of the team that operates the award wining Science Buzz website and exhibit.
Application deadline: June 25, 2008.

Science Buzz is expanding in many ways. Your Drupal, PHP, and web coding skills will help us:

• develop Mentor Buzz, an online community focusing on the needs of mentors and their students talking about science
• create unique web features focusing on contemporary issues like the 35W bridge collapse, Hurricane Katrina, or even male pregnancy!
• build web enabled exhibits that allow other museums around the country that allow their visitors to hook into the Science Buzz community
• create new tools that help our visitors create content along with us...we like to share authority
• and more...

Hi all,

I have been using Drupal for about 6 months on my own site and now having a real desire to learn how to code in Drupal. I'm an application developer in real life, but never had to use PHP.

I'm wondering if anyone would like to walk down this path with me. I thought it would be more fun to do this as a team rather than by myself.
We can discuss details like when and how often we are going to meet if there is enough interest in such a "learning" group.

Please reply to this post if you are interested, and feel free to post any ideas you may have.

Thanks!