Comments on: Landing a PHP job Part 1: Technical Knowledge and Skills

By: Landing a PHP job Part 2: Soft Skills

Landing a PHP job Part 2: Soft Skills — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:23:22 +0000

[...] part one of this series, I discussed the technical know how I think will help get you your next PHP job. [...]

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Rawkes Weekly – 14 September 2008 » Captain's Blog » Rawkes — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:29:11 +0000

[...] Landing a job in PHP – Some tips on what to do and learn to grab a job in PHP [...]

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» PHPler werden … Flusensieb — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:42:25 +0000

[...] Dave Marshall hat einen kurzen Artikel darüber verfasst was ein PHPler können sollte (Hard Facts), mit einigen weiterführenden Links auf joelonsoftware.com der sich immer wieder mal mit dem Recruiting von PHP-Programmierern befasst. [...]

By: daveyboy

daveyboy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:14:12 +0000

@Ivo

Your book is about a foot away from me as I write this, but I haven’t started reading it yet!

For anyone else, I’ve skimmed some chapters and I like what I see so far, so go buy it.

By: Ivo

Ivo — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:20:10 +0000

Good points. A little shameless plug; you mention the lifecycle but don’t list a book there. My php|architect book on Enterprise PHP development covers exactly those topics.

By: daveyboy

daveyboy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:54:46 +0000

@Carlton

Good point about the AJAX, should probably give it a mention under the Web Services heading.

With regards to blogs and such, I hadn’t really considered it, but I think I’ll stash that under the the Networking Part and try and encourage people to comment on said blogs. You commented on my blog, I’ve subscribed to yours, so I’d call that networking?

I’ll be posting a part on Interviews, if you’ve recently been interviewed, let me know drop me an email with anything that might be interesting.

dave(_nospam_)mastergeneral@gmail.com

By: Carlton Dickson

Carlton Dickson — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:38:40 +0000

I’ve just landed myself a new LAMP developer job in London and would say that Dave has pretty much everything covered with regards to what skills/knowledge will get you into interviews.

I think that AJAX is a pretty important technique to know though. Although I use the YUI library I found that recruiters were really keen on JQuery, which isn’t necessarily a problem…I think it’s important that you have some experience in one but then know the benefits of the others on the market just in case you need to choose them as your tool of choice.

Oh and I was asked about the development blogs I read, think that shows that you keeps up-to-date with the goings on in the PHP world and end up coming across useful articles like this :)

I would recommend using a feed reader to keep all of your feeds in one place (I use Google Reader) as opposed to your browser at work/home.

By: daveyboy

daveyboy — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:04:46 +0000

@Lorna

Hey Lorna, I’m planning on writing a part purely on Networking, will definitely make sure the user groups get their shout outs.

I’ll be there at the conference for sure, I’m even considering making one of the meet-ups depending on what they get lined up.

By: Anthony Damasco

Anthony Damasco — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:47:25 +0000

Hey - Great Post - I agree - knowing only one of those skills will not be able to land you a good job. I would also recommend “php and mysql development for dummies” they cover basic industry terms and break everything down for newbs

By: LornaJane

LornaJane — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:42:51 +0000

You’ve given some excellent books as recommended resources here, but I’d like to add how important I think it is to be exposed to any technical events that are near enough to do so, such as user groups. In the same vein, I hope you’ll consider a trip along the M62 for PHP North West later in the year! http://conference.phpnw.org.uk