Certifications a php programmer must have?

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himurules
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Certifications a php programmer must have?

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I have been working with Php and web application for about 6 years now and i think it is a high time i should get some certifications done.

What i found out that following certification looks like the ones a Php programmer should have
5. MySQL Administrator
4. Zend Framework
3. LPI 1
2. MySQL Developer
1. PHP 5.3

Details about these are provided in the link below

http://himanshukotnala.com/content/cert ... -must-have

Anyone suggests anything else?
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Re: Certifications a php programmer must have?

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Not something we consider in our hiring process. They're expensive and don't most people feel they provide little benefit. You need to know the material, but the certificate itself is of questionable value.
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Re: Certifications a php programmer must have?

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A Zend Certification is the only thing I might care about, but ditto to what Celauran said: it's just not a factor. Mostly it tells me that someone knew about the certification itself and spent the time (and money) to get it - which isn't worthless, but other things like personality and attitude are more important.

The development world focuses a lot more on knowledge and experience and much less on formal qualifications than other industries do.
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