Re: Guidance

This is AWESOME!... I am so saving this post for my next Review... Couldn't have said it better Dan... -- Stephen Johnson c | eh The Lone Coder http://www.thelonecoder.com continuing the struggle against bad code http://www.fortheloveofgeeks.com I¹m a geek and I¹m OK! -- > From: Daniel Brown <parasane@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:59:31 -0500 > To: Matty Sarro <msarro@gmail.com> > Cc: Stut <stuttle@gmail.com>, <php-general@lists.php.net> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Guidance > > It is. And in my opinion, web developers - specifically > PHP-on-*nix developers - are cream-of-the-crop programmers. Not to > toot my own horn. > > We know - and are not afraid to use - the following technologies, > and employ them on a daily basis: > * PHP (and usually at least a working knowledge of C/C++ and > some others) > * HTML > * JavaScript > * AJAX > * Web design > * Human Interface/Graphical User Interface (GUI) layout and design > * SQL (specifically MySQL, but many also know PostgreSQL, > INNODB, Sybase, etc.) > * *nix architecture and path structure (usually many flavors: > RHEL, Debian, BSD, Sun, Mac....) > * Shell scripting (BASh, tcl, Expect, AppleScript, Korn, and so forth) > * HTTP (at least the fundamentals) > * Code portability and platform-independence techniques > * Socket programming > * Code optimization > * Source compilation and module installation > * Server administration > * A variety of control panels (cPanel, Plesk, Helm, Webmin, > blah, blah, blah) > * Security (SSL, encryption, obfuscation, et cetera) > * DNS (at least the fundamentals) > * API programming and creation > * Interfacing with a variety of external technologies (mail, > databases, filesystems, etc.) > * QA and bugtracking > * Non-RAD, non-IDE development > * Command line programming > * .... and more.... > * .... and that's ON TOP of what we all know how to do on Windows.. > > So let this be at least a basic retort to those who don't consider > web development "real programming." Because you'd be surprised how > much I hear, "oh, you work with web stuff, I thought you meant you > were a real programmer." > > Well, I'm not. I'm an engineer. At least according to my paycheck. ;-P