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[Michele Waldman]

Found it.

This was a website that I was told was being recognized by some employers as
verifying experience.

I don't know how much stock I'd put in it though.

http://www.brainbench.com/

Michele

-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On
Behalf Of Michele Waldman
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 7:41 PM
To: 'NYPHP Talk'
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] W3 Schools?

What always got me in the door was a Computer Science degree from
UC-Berkeley.

That seemed to help.  As an employer, I'd be looking for a combination of
education and number of years of direct experience.  Five years is
considered an even exchange for an education by some employers.

There was a different website and no one I either met or heard about had
used their test results as a way to document their knowledge.  I may have
heard this from a headhunter.  From what I understood, it actually worked.

As an employer, I would put much stock in it.

But, if I can remember the website, I'll forward the link.

Michele

-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On
Behalf Of Leam Hall
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 4:49 PM
To: NYPHP Talk
Subject: [nycphp-talk] W3 Schools?

Anyone have any experience with the W3 Schools tutorials and 
Certification? The site has a lot of tutorials and look decently well 
written. Testing for a cert is $75, and I'm not sure if it's going to 
affect any hiring decisions but it does let us "externally motivated" 
folks test ourselves against a measurable standard.

	http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

Since I'm not yet in the PHP Rock Star ranks, do you think this might help?

Leam
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