[consulting] What Causes Feast or Famine?

[Eric Goldhagen]

At 4:00 PM -0400 4/10/11, netsperience wrote:
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>How do I maintain my reputation?
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>I have been working with Drupal since v 4 and that's a few years more
>than many other people.

How drupal version numbers work changed when drupal 5 came out (which 
was almost called drupal 4.8)

So, if you say version 4, you are not being accurate or giving any 
valid information. 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 were as 
different from each other as 5 is from 6. Drupal 7 is actually the 
14th version of drupal.

4.0 came out in mid 2002, 4.7 in mid 2006.

So, saying you have used drupal since version 4 is, from my 
perspective, not only useless information but could indicate a lack 
of knowledge that disproves the claim.

Reputation is a delicate thing. Trying too hard can turn more 
damaging than not trying at all.

Participating in the community is good, but pushing your name in a 
clearly self-promotional way can backfire. Making your experience 
known is good, overstating your experience can damage your 
reputation. Keeping in touch with people you meet at drupal events 
can be helpful, but adding everyone you meet to your own personal 
announcement/spam list will surely damage your reputation.

It's a balancing act, one that takes thought and requires respect for 
the larger community.

--Eric
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