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Leave No Drupal Dev Behind

September 28, 2010 - 11:08 -- Sean

(In response to http://growingventuresolutions.com/blog/state-drupal-certifications-2010)

The increased discussion of Drupal engineering certifications concerns me. I question the motivations behind this movement, the efficacy of such certification programs to precisely identify talent within our developer community, and its potentially skewing effects on vendor selection in the the Drupal service provider industry.

The brutal truth

March 19, 2010 - 09:37 -- Sean

This week I had the rare, but gut-wrenching experience of a lynchpin service provider flaking on a client project at a critical point on our development cycle. This isn't one of those typical experiences that development shops blog about - but it does happen from time to time. And in choosing a software provider, I think that it's something that you should ask about, because how a company handles this situation speaks volumes about their professionalism and integrity.

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