Re: Can anyone recommend a distance learning PHP and MySQL course which will get you a recognised qualification at the end of it?
- From: "bob.chatman@xxxxxxxxx" <bob.chatman@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 24 Oct 2006 08:54:37 -0700
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.
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| 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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