Who do you look to?
Dear Reader,
When you get stuck, who do you look to? I’m not asking in the spiritual or existential sense, I mean, in real life, when you hit a problem, do you have someone you can ask?
A lot of you who read this are developers – mostly PHP developers. When you hit a wall programmatically, do you have a person you know you can turn to and ask for help? Or even just ask an opinion? If not, that should be a priority for you.
One of the great things about the PHP community is that the members are so giving. I have been a member of several communities revolving around programming languages and have to say that the PHP is by far the most open and giving. It is one of the great assets of the language.
In the past year, I started getting more connected to my local tech and social media community here in Nashville. I am nowhere near being a Social Media expert so I am always looking to add people to my list of people I can look to for help. Lucky for me in Nashville we have a lot of really smart marketing people who are willing to share what they know.
Harvey MacKay summed it up nicely in the title of one of his books, “Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty: The Only Networking Book You’ll Ever Need“. Start getting to know people now, even if you don’t have questions.
Until next time,
I <3
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Tags: Marketing, mentoring, networking, Programming
Hi Cal
This post struck a chord with me. After months struggling along alone, I discovered PHPWomen on IRC. I’ve made some great friends in the PHPWomen group who are always a great source of help and support to me.
Kim
Hi Cal,
Watching you speak on 5.4 here in Portland as I write as you speak.
Definitely agree with your post :)
Matt Kaufman