Comments on: Programming Your Way out of a Paper Bag http://phpkitchen.com/2005/05/programming-your-way-out-of-a-paper-bag/ PHP and Web Development News and Tips Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Robert Janeczek http://phpkitchen.com/2005/05/programming-your-way-out-of-a-paper-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-524 Robert Janeczek Thu, 12 May 2005 23:29:53 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=685#comment-524 Interesting, interesting :) I agree mostly with the article, but I seem to have quite different view on Zend Certification. Of course it won`t help with estimating developer`s skill, but I don`t think that`s the point. IMHO Zend Cert will cause that less time will be wasted on beginner-level questions during interviews for advanced-level positions. Questions about kinds of loops available in PHP or different ways to start PHP block inside HTML are nonsense when you try to hire senior developer, but there is no easy way to avoid them in PHP. Why? Because in this language one can write horrible code and still have good effects in some projects :] Zend Certification will give me the option to avoid all this boring stuff during interviews and that`s why I`ll take the exam. I don`t like the questions (at least the available examples) too, but I prefer to answer them once as opposed to having to do it all over again each year or so. Hopefuly there will be some kind of Zend Super Duper Engineer certification in future, let`s hope it will be smarter and more fun. For now, I`m happy to take the base-level exam. Interesting, interesting :)

I agree mostly with the article, but I seem to have quite different view on Zend Certification. Of course it won`t help with estimating developer`s skill, but I don`t think that`s the point. IMHO Zend Cert will cause that less time will be wasted on beginner-level questions during interviews for advanced-level positions. Questions about kinds of loops available in PHP or different ways to start PHP block inside HTML are nonsense when you try to hire senior developer, but there is no easy way to avoid them in PHP. Why? Because in this language one can write horrible code and still have good effects in some projects :]

Zend Certification will give me the option to avoid all this boring stuff during interviews and that`s why I`ll take the exam. I don`t like the questions (at least the available examples) too, but I prefer to answer them once as opposed to having to do it all over again each year or so.

Hopefuly there will be some kind of Zend Super Duper Engineer certification in future, let`s hope it will be smarter and more fun. For now, I`m happy to take the base-level exam.

]]> By: Adrian Madrid http://phpkitchen.com/2005/05/programming-your-way-out-of-a-paper-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Adrian Madrid Wed, 11 May 2005 21:43:44 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=685#comment-523 Very interesting article. It helps me see where I am and what is need to get where I want. Thanks for sharing it. Very interesting article. It helps me see where I am and what is need to get where I want. Thanks for sharing it.

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