Closing Keynote
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Starts programming at 11 with PHP4 and traces concrete milestones: moves from mixed HTML/PHP files to includes, learns input validation after a hacked contact form, builds a web shop in three days that fails in production, learns testing via a mentor and switches to frameworks, makes a first open source change in 2012 where an attempt to add a GitHub icon accidentally deletes files then gets fixed and merged, leads and relinquishes PHP Women, argues for paid OSS work and that communities must share the work to onboard new developers.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Journey ahead
- 2:12PHP 4 to early struggles
- 7:03First harsh lessons
- 10:20Rediscovering PHP
- 12:52Learning object-oriented programming and frameworks
- 15:26Breaking into professional world
- 17:15PHP Women inclusivity
- 19:30Overcoming impostor syndrome
- 21:42Fading community sense
- 23:30Personal growth lessons
- 25:36Shared responsibility
- 27:24Call to action
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