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Posted by bob.chatman@gmail.com on 10/24/06 15:54
Steve is totally right, ive been in and around PHP for ~ 4.5 years now
and never even been shown a certificate by anyone, let alone losing a
position because i dont have one. It is more important nowadays to have
a certificate called a diploma than it is to have one signed by Zend.
PHP is not any more complex than any other language, so justifying the
time and energy required to get the diploma from Zend would be very
difficult, considering that if you are a good programmer you are a good
PHP programmer.
As for a good distance learning course, i dont know of any schools that
teach it. Jump on google or buy a book and get to reading. The oriely
series are amazingly detailed and save the PHP security book, are all
great reads.
Steve wrote:
> "John Paul" <Johnny@NOTTELLING.nope> wrote in message
> news:%X5_g.1621$lT5.102@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> | Can anyone recommend a distance learning PHP and MySQL course which will
> get
> | you a recognised qualification at the end of it?
> |
> | Thanks,
>
> no, but such certification is *very* overrated and hardly comes into play
> when seeking employment. at least that has been my experience. more often
> than not, you will be more likely a candidate if you have related experience
> relevant to what the employer wants done. it is a struggle with the initial
> job however the struggle just means hard work on your part in seeking jobs
> and is far less expensive to overcome than a perceived advantage of
> certification.
>
> most work i get these days is completely by reference...so work your ass off
> on your first job, then keep a high standard of quality on all jobs, but
> just work smarter at that point.
>
> the best recommendation i would say is for you to program a php website
> resume that encompases the most common functionality found in websites and
> give each page the ability to pull the page's source code into the browser
> on demand so the perspective employer can see the standards you follow and
> how you put php to use. to me as an employer, i'd rather see something like
> that any day over useless and expensive 'i got this certification but
> haven't a clue how to put what it represents to use' certificates.
>
> but that's just my 0.02 usd.
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