How Drupal Creates Global Career Opportunities Through Open Source Collaboration

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In a wide-ranging post, Pooja Upadhyay, Director of People Operations & Client Relations at AddWebSolution, argues that Drupal is more than a CMS—it’s a career engine powered by open-source collaboration. She highlights how newcomers and veterans alike leverage the community to move into higher-value roles across government, education and enterprise, and notes the current wave of migration work as Drupal 7 reaches end-of-life.

Beyond technology, the piece spotlights the human side: contribution as a public portfolio that improves hiring visibility, mentorship and events that shorten the learning curve, and real-world stories of people pivoting into tech. Upadhyay positions the ecosystem as both pragmatic and people-first—opportunity driven by demand for secure, scalable builds and sustained by a community that turns participation into progress.

Reference: Open Source, Open Doors: How Drupal Builds Opportunities Worldwide by Pooja Upadhyay (12 September 2025)

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