Are good PHP developers really that hard to find?
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I'm currently building an automated system for another managed hosting company in Perl. This is to include web management of most operational systems from PDUs and OS Reinstalls to billing and maybe even payroll. When it is complete I may look at licensing the software to other hosting companies or even Open Sourcing it 
I'm currently building an automated system for another managed hosting company in Perl. This is to include web management of most operational systems from PDUs and OS Reinstalls to billing and maybe even payroll. When it is complete I may look at licensing the software to other hosting companies or even Open Sourcing it
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I'm looking to become a PHP Developer. Currently self-taught. I was wondering if any of you employers can recommend me some advice as I won't be coming from a certified background. Of course I can try and get certified, which certification, I am not sure.
What can I do to improve my odds of getting a PHP Dev job over someone with a degree in a relevant field? I have a degree, but it's in Psychology. The only thing I can think of is a smashing portfolio.
What can I do to improve my odds of getting a PHP Dev job over someone with a degree in a relevant field? I have a degree, but it's in Psychology. The only thing I can think of is a smashing portfolio.
honestly, with jobs like this I have never considered qualifications a must. its about passion and your portfolio.
You want a good job over someone with a degree, build yourself a portfolio of different sites and make sure your code it good, clear, easy to understand for anyone else and more importantly, reusable!
You want a good job over someone with a degree, build yourself a portfolio of different sites and make sure your code it good, clear, easy to understand for anyone else and more importantly, reusable!
Aye, I have just started OOPing. Creating a rather large site ATM. It will probably be one of my first portfolio sites. Building it in Smarty. After I finish this, I'll try using a framework.
What sort of things would my portfolio need to include to be 'hire me please' worthy. I come with additional bonuses of knowing how to use photoshop and I can take any PSD and turn it into a site.
Currently turning this into a fully functioning site. Work In Progress. Alpha stage. Code hasn't been tidied or checked currently. Don't quite understand why the same code twice makes the flyout work smoother, but I will fix that jQuery.
Practise is practise!
This is my first site using CSS3 too. Depending on what you view it in, you'll either get
IE6: No rounded-corners + Default BG colour
IE7: No rounded corners + Default BG colour
IE8: Rounded-Corners + Default BG colour
IE9: Rounded-Corners + Gradient
This is my gentle kick in the bum for outdated browsers.
What sort of things would my portfolio need to include to be 'hire me please' worthy. I come with additional bonuses of knowing how to use photoshop and I can take any PSD and turn it into a site.
Currently turning this into a fully functioning site. Work In Progress. Alpha stage
. Code hasn't been tidied or checked currently. Don't quite understand why the same code twice makes the flyout work smoother, but I will fix that jQuery. Practise is practise!
This is my first site using CSS3 too. Depending on what you view it in, you'll either get
IE6: No rounded-corners + Default BG colour
IE7: No rounded corners + Default BG colour
IE8: Rounded-Corners + Default BG colour
IE9: Rounded-Corners + Gradient
This is my gentle kick in the bum for outdated browsers.
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Perl/Python are popular choices where you need a bit more than PHP can offer in terms of networking/threading support.
PHP is generally great for web apps (if not performance wise).
PHP is generally great for web apps (if not performance wise).
Congrats on finding someone you are happy with
It's always worth remembering though, that if you want someone with real talent, you've *got* to put the effort into finding them. You can't simply open your office door and expect them to just walk in. When you employ someone, you are paying them to work on your behalf. That means the quality of service/work is still your responsibility, whoever it is you employ. Personally, I think it is simply unfair to demand a candidate go through a series of hoops if you are not prepared to do so yourself. You may also want to consider that your 'test' above is a bit too specialist. You don't want someone with lots of development experience to give it a miss just because they are not familiar with exim, and would spend the majority of the allotted time using Google.
It's always worth remembering though, that if you want someone with real talent, you've *got* to put the effort into finding them. You can't simply open your office door and expect them to just walk in.
When you employ someone, you are paying them to work on your behalf. That means the quality of service/work is still your responsibility, whoever it is you employ. Personally, I think it is simply unfair to demand a candidate go through a series of hoops if you are not prepared to do so yourself. You may also want to consider that your 'test' above is a bit too specialist. You don't want someone with lots of development experience to give it a miss just because they are not familiar with exim, and would spend the majority of the allotted time using Google.
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