Posted by Rik on 12/14/06 06:42

Paul wrote:
> "Rik" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote
>> Are you sure you need the certification? Hardly any future employer
>> will care for it AFAIK. They are much more interested in past work
>> then this particular certification, assuming they've even heard of
>> it.
>
> I am not sure but am getting calls for part-time consulting gigs and
> want a cert to help marketing.

Well, it's quite cheap, so if you think it'll help, go ahead. I haven't met
the contracter who gave a damn.
You know what's frightening:
- 49% hold other certification credentials

LESS then a half of the participants have any certification whatsoever in
whatsoever....

In my experienxe contracters are looking for:
- either someone who can prove his experience by earlier projects,
- or (for the long term) someone with a finished IT eduction, in which case
they normally don't even care wther the person knows PHP at all, as it is
such an easy language to learn for someone with the proper prerequisites.

Unfortunately, I still don't know wether it expires. But hey: weird
thought: let's ask the people who give out the certification:
http://www.zend.com/company/contact_us
--
Rik Wasmus

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