Re: PHP Oficial Certification

* Thus wrote Yann Larrivee: > For shure a beginner will benefit from this has it is problably give him > a salary increase compared to the guy that is not certified (we all know > that php developper are under paid) So this part is good. > It will also eliminate some people out of the market for shure at some > point. A certifcate most likely wont get you a salary increase, but it will be favored in consideration of equal experience. > > Yep emplyers will use it to evaluate people, but like i said i you want > to get good exprience just work on a open source software if you don't > have any work experience. OSS doesn't make a person better programmer, you can easily write an OSS app and still lack any knowledge of proper writting. > > Now has far has sun certification how it will help you get a php job. > Well depends what kind of job you are looking for. A job where you only > do php 24/7 or you do other stuff on the side (Java, C++, PHP, ...) I still dont see how sun has anything to do with anything, unless your against OSS philosophy. > > If so then beeing certified PHP just assure that you know PHP and some > principles. Assuring someone that you have *some* is much better than the lack of proof otherwise. > If you thake the sun certification it is been there for a far longer > time ans since your job requires both in this case the sun certification > means more. > > But certifications are just there to prove your level of understanding. So if I have a certificate of 'ed' that make it better than having a sun certificat since 'ed' has been around longer than sun. And should land me a much better PHP job. Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid!