Re: [nyphp-talk] Semi-OT: Is there a scale for language competency?

2013-07-26 Thread leam hall
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Daniel Krook wrote: > Hi Leam, > > > What about setting up a public GitHub repository with sample code to refer > potential clients too? They can see your code quality, competence with > source control, and passion for programming. > Hehe...I have a project on S

Re: [nyphp-talk] Semi-OT: Is there a scale for language competency?

2013-07-26 Thread Justin Dearing
If you want to convey your skills, a cert or a brainbench is probably the way to go. Certs aren't perfect, but they will tell you how much of a language you know. If you want something more holistic, its probably best to contribute to a mature existing open source project. This allows you to say:

Re: [nyphp-talk] Semi-OT: Is there a scale for language competency?

2013-07-26 Thread Daniel Krook
Hi Leam, > Not that I'm looking for a job right now, but there's always the > future. Is there a reasonably common scale for saying how good you > are with a programming language? Something more than "Rate yourself > on a 1-10" scale. > In my case I can read several and am trying to improve a

Re: [nyphp-talk] Semi-OT: Is there a scale for language competency?

2013-07-26 Thread Lester Leong
Not sure, but there was a time when I wanted to improve 3 languages at once for an interview and came up with a scheme to test myself. Something along the lines of percentage of the standard library one can recite from scratch, and implementing the same set of algorithms and data structures without

[nyphp-talk] Semi-OT: Is there a scale for language competency?

2013-07-26 Thread leam hall
Not that I'm looking for a job right now, but there's always the future. Is there a reasonably common scale for saying how good you are with a programming language? Something more than "Rate yourself on a 1-10" scale. In my case I can read several and am trying to improve a couple. It would be nic