Jacob Rockowitz: The Value of Having a Drupal.org Profile and Biography.​

In the coming year, to build a rock-solid foundation for enterprise Schema.org-first content architecture, I'd like to convince an organization to use the Schema.org Blueprints module. To help "sell" my ideas and services, I am reworking my Drupal.org profile and website. Drupal is how I make my living. Therefore, my Drupal.org profile is a critical part of my online resume. For anyone like me whose work is directly tied to the Drupal community, there is a lot of value in having a well-thought Drupal.org profile and biography.

The value of having a Drupal.org profile begins with the simple fact that you are now an official member of the Drupal community. If your resume reflects ten years of Drupal experience, your Drupal.org profile confirms it by displaying how long you have been a member of Drupal.org. Your Drupal.org account also tracks every interaction you have had on Drupal.org. When I say every interaction, I mean every interaction, positive and negative, which reminds us to be professional and considerate on Drupal.org and adhere to Drupal's code of conduct. For example, one of my earliest posts describes my interaction with quicksketch, the previous maintainer of the Webform module. That post may have foreshadowed that I would become the maintainer of the Webform module many years later.

The Drupal Association, with community input, has done a fantastic job of creating and evolving Drupal.org's user profiles to include everything from general biographical...Read More

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