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[nycphp-talk] Assessing own skill level for jobs, was nyphp-jobs Junior PHP Dev

Damion Hankejh d at ingk.com
Thu Sep 3 13:10:33 EDT 2009


Wow -- that's a great reference.  Thanks for sharing, Mitch.

The Dreyfus novice->expert method is nicely demonstrated at TED (albeit with
classical music, though not entirely unrelated mathematically)
http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion.html

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Damion Hankejh | hankejh.com



On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Mitch Pirtle <mitch.pirtle at gmail.com>wrote:

> Here's a Rails-based perspective, and a good one:
>
>    http://pragmaticstudio.com/dreyfus
>
> This can easily be mapped to PHP.
>
> -- Mitch
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Yitzchak
> Schaffer<yitzchak.schaffer at gmx.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I periodically read through PHP job ads that call for various levels of
> > expertise, without a solid understanding what the expectations are.  I
> come
> > from outside the world of formal IT education, largely self-taught in
> coding
> > and server admin, so for one thing I may be missing patches of assumed
> > "core" knowledge.
> >
> > Does anyone have suggestions for guidelines or app design/code samples of
> > what's considered appropriate for an
> Entry-Level/Junior/Senior/OOP/whatever
> > PHP position, or mistakes/shortcomings that may be typical or
> unacceptable
> > at these levels?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Yitzchak Schaffer
> > Systems Manager
> > Touro College Libraries
> > 33 West 23rd Street
> > New York, NY 10010
> > Tel (212) 463-0400 x5230
> > Fax (212) 627-3197
> > Email yitzchak.schaffer at tourolib.org
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