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Calling all local PHP developers! For the past 2 months, I’ve been putting on a weekly PHP session for those who want to learn interesting new things, network with other developers, or simply share something you’re working on. Being a developer is tough; there is an infinite amount of things you need to stay ahead with, and trying to do it all yourself is even harder. Even as a PHP developer, you can easily specialize in 1 of around 1000 different skill-sets which makes it easy to become a generalist. The goal of this event is to help share the research and development load with your peers. Kelowna is a small fish in the tech world; we need to help each other out to compete, and to help grow Kelowna’s technology community.

My experience is strictly in back-end development, so I try to keep up with the experts in the global PHP community. Due to the nature my past clients, I’ve also grown to specialize in performance and security. If you’re looking for a mentor, or even to mentor others, this is a great opportunity to learn new things and meet other people who face similar problems to you every day.

We meet every Wednesday morning at 8am-9am, inside Accelerate Okanagan. The format is an hour a week before work to be consistent enough to continuously re-enforce what you learn, and also give you the chance to quickly apply new things while they are fresh. There is already a core group of about 4 of us, but we’d love to see some new faces out!