A working public website, that solves a business problem, is a good credential. I can't help but wonder if it takes more hours to develop a respectable site or to study and take an exam. Do you suppose the certification exam might actually be an easier option?
Warren Vail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP Certification yeh well these exams come in modules , and are extremely pricey , i think good web examples, screenshots and experience should be enough, sadly i have not done uni so am frowned upon when looking for work but have experience in the work force, 4 years in IT now ok thats not enough but i have fine tuned my programming skills, i am wanting to move in java also now, i contract also but dont have much on my portfolio to show to get the jobs , just starting the business side of things and may have to work for near nothing just to get examples up, so i think portfolio examples are more important than certification. > Certification programs, imho, exist primarily for two reasons; > > 1. it allows developers with little experience to add credibility to > their claims that they know how to develop software. > > 2. it allows non-technical people involved in the hiring chain to make > judgements when they have no clue at all how to judge good technical > competence. Course, after you've been around a while, you learn that > you cannot do a proper job of judging anyone's competence, even after > many hours of interviews. The proof is in the project outcome. > > 3. Ok, I forgot the third reason... Someone will make lots of money > selling training materials and administering the tests. Did you really > think Microsoft got into this side of the business just to improve the > quality of technical consulting. > > my 2 cents (ok, maybe 4 cents), > > Warren Vail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP Certification > > > I find the value of such certification programs >> extremely questionable. > > here here :D > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
