Re: Edinburgh, Scotland: PHP Developer Position

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On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 10:40 -0400, Robert Cummings wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 16:22 +0200, Tijnema wrote:
> > On 6/18/07, Brad Bonkoski <bbonkoski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Jochem Maas wrote:
> > > > Edward Kay wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> But the advert is for a GRADUATE developer ;) Whilst your messages to this
> > > >> list show you know a lot about PHP, I doubt you've managed to fit a degree
> > > >> in yet :)
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > What does a graduate php developer earn in Scotland? and is it
> > > > the the piece of paper that's important or is it a reference to the
> > > > general skill level (personally I don't see much direct corellation
> > > > between academic capabilities and practical coding/sysadmin skill).
> > > >
> > > > just thinking out loud guys :-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > This is always beat around...and my 2 cents are that all the "piece of
> > > paper" is worth is showing you have a certain level of commitment needed
> > > to complete the degree program (important for any job), and that you
> > > have the ability to learn.  Granted...there are always exceptions to the
> > > rule...
> > 
> > I think that these programs are too overall based, and jobs are mostly
> > quite focused on a single point. Very simple example, you're working
> > on a text based site, why do you need to know how to use the GD
> > functions?
> > If each company would create its own very simple test, that only
> > focuses on the actual point, than that would see who is appropriate
> > for the job, and who isn't
> 
> Maybe so,  but it would tell you who can adapt to change ;) Not that a

Should have read "but it won't tell you..."

Cheers,
Rob.
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