PHP Developers Certification
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:26 pm
I searched for "certification" in suggestions and couldn't find anything and I haven't seen this brought up before so here it goes.
We all now how there are companies out there where you pay to take a test on your knowledge of PHP. Some of us however aren't interested in paying a few hundred dollars just to say this company knows I'm smart. That can be easily enough obtained by good testimonials and a strong client list.
However, if there was an actual certification provided by a reputable network for free who wouldn't go for it? Even if it wasn't free just under a hundred dollars. I think this could fit in very well with this site and help promote it. For example. When people post questions and someones helps them out that poster could leave some optional feedback about the person who helped them. Once that person gets a set number of "referals" or "feedback" they could apply for their status(with money or not if its free) and would be given an assignment. The assignment would be something along the lines of "Build a ************* script with security features against MySQL injections and user spam."
I think that since this is the Developer's Network why not expand a little more and help support this community? I know one of the major problems here would be integration with PHPbb because you have to keep everything up to date as the forums are upgraded. But, we could get around that by buliding the system with a separate framework and only link it the site by connecting to the database. It would be users responsibility to get referals and feedback about how they help out the community.
I would be willing to help build this and I'm sure several other people here would be aswell. But this is one of those "pop ideas" and it needs scrutiny. So please point out any changes you think should be made and even if you like the idea. Constructive critism is very welcome as no one here wants to waste their time with something people won't use.
I think it would be a great service to offer to the community of PHP developers out there and it would help support this site.
We all now how there are companies out there where you pay to take a test on your knowledge of PHP. Some of us however aren't interested in paying a few hundred dollars just to say this company knows I'm smart. That can be easily enough obtained by good testimonials and a strong client list.
However, if there was an actual certification provided by a reputable network for free who wouldn't go for it? Even if it wasn't free just under a hundred dollars. I think this could fit in very well with this site and help promote it. For example. When people post questions and someones helps them out that poster could leave some optional feedback about the person who helped them. Once that person gets a set number of "referals" or "feedback" they could apply for their status(with money or not if its free) and would be given an assignment. The assignment would be something along the lines of "Build a ************* script with security features against MySQL injections and user spam."
I think that since this is the Developer's Network why not expand a little more and help support this community? I know one of the major problems here would be integration with PHPbb because you have to keep everything up to date as the forums are upgraded. But, we could get around that by buliding the system with a separate framework and only link it the site by connecting to the database. It would be users responsibility to get referals and feedback about how they help out the community.
I would be willing to help build this and I'm sure several other people here would be aswell. But this is one of those "pop ideas" and it needs scrutiny. So please point out any changes you think should be made and even if you like the idea. Constructive critism is very welcome as no one here wants to waste their time with something people won't use.
I think it would be a great service to offer to the community of PHP developers out there and it would help support this site.