Posted by Hannes Dorbath on 08/10/05 17:57

Most 13 year old know PHP syntax as it dead simple. I wouldn't focus on
PHP at all. Look for people that have experience with serious database
design, people that know how to design good schemas / DDL, people that
can write high performant 200 line SQL Statements, know what triggers,
rules, transaction isolation levels etc are. Those people tend to be in
business for a while and have experience. You don't want someone with
pure academic background, you want someone that is able to think and has
experience in breaking down the business logic of customers. A good dev
is someone who is able to find efficent solutions for problems, knowing
several programming languages perfectly is just the basic requirment to
implement the solutions.

On 10.08.2005 15:38, rik wrote:
> What would people consider to be the difference between being a decent
> PHP programmer and being an excellent/advanced developer?
>
> Would you look at someones knowledge of the PHP language and how it
> works? What they know about planning large projects? Experience?
> What sort of things would YOU be looking at if you were recruiting
> someone with advanced PHP skills?

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