Re: Guidance

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This is AWESOME!... I am so saving this post for my next Review...

Couldn't have said it better Dan...
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> From: Daniel Brown <parasane@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:59:31 -0500
> To: Matty Sarro <msarro@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stut <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx>, <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re:  Guidance
> 
>  It is.  And in my opinion, web developers - specifically
> PHP-on-*nix developers - are cream-of-the-crop programmers.  Not to
> toot my own horn.
> 
>     We know - and are not afraid to use - the following technologies,
> and employ them on a daily basis:
>         * PHP (and usually at least a working knowledge of C/C++ and
> some others)
>         * HTML
>         * JavaScript
>         * AJAX
>         * Web design
>         * Human Interface/Graphical User Interface (GUI) layout and design
>         * SQL (specifically MySQL, but many also know PostgreSQL,
> INNODB, Sybase, etc.)
>         * *nix architecture and path structure (usually many flavors:
> RHEL, Debian, BSD, Sun, Mac....)
>         * Shell scripting (BASh, tcl, Expect, AppleScript, Korn, and so forth)
>         * HTTP (at least the fundamentals)
>         * Code portability and platform-independence techniques
>         * Socket programming
>         * Code optimization
>         * Source compilation and module installation
>         * Server administration
>         * A variety of control panels (cPanel, Plesk, Helm, Webmin,
> blah, blah, blah)
>         * Security (SSL, encryption, obfuscation, et cetera)
>         * DNS (at least the fundamentals)
>         * API programming and creation
>         * Interfacing with a variety of external technologies (mail,
> databases, filesystems, etc.)
>         * QA and bugtracking
>         * Non-RAD, non-IDE development
>         * Command line programming
>         * .... and more....
>         * .... and that's ON TOP of what we all know how to do on Windows.
> 
>     So let this be at least a basic retort to those who don't consider
> web development "real programming."  Because you'd be surprised how
> much I hear, "oh, you work with web stuff, I thought you meant you
> were a real programmer."
> 
>     Well, I'm not.  I'm an engineer.  At least according to my paycheck.  ;-P

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