NYCPHP Meetup

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Daniel Kushner kushner-at-gmail.com |nyphp 04/2004| wrote:

>>What I mean to say is who is the "many" that have approached Zend about
>>offering such an industry standard? What I am looking for is the
>>motivation beyond the establishment of a standard and a certification. I
>>understand many of the motivation(s) behind M$ certification; I
>>understand the motivation behind the CCNE certification (although I am a
>>bit puzzled by the CNA one ;-)
>>    
>>
>
>The "many" are Zend clients, PHP community members, PHP core
>developers, and the enterprise using PHP. I have spoken with many at
>conferences and expos and have seen a great interest in such a
>program. There are hundreds of small training centers in the US and
>Europe that teach PHP, they too would like a PHP Certification that
>could give credibility to their courses.
>
>An interesting thread:
>http://dotgeek.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3
>
>-Daniel
>_______________________________________________
>

Thanks. I read through them.

I have always felt it was a manager's obligation to be knowledgable 
enough to screen a candidate on basic mastery - or find someone who can. 
What does a certification program do aside from providing an avenue for 
structured training, a revenue stream for an educational institution,  
or a channel into which a vendor can sell product? (not that those are 
bad things, but they are not necessarily in the best interests of the 
php  programmer).

I suspect I would consider it a good thing if it was a high hurdle 
celebration of true mastery, but not if it was just another 
pay-your-dues-and-get-your-certificate program.