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  • Kurda Yon
    #1

    Job market for web-developers?

    1. Is that easy to find a job for those which a specializing in PHP
    and, as a consequence in MySQL and HTML?
    2. How does it work? Is there any site developed to help such people
    to find a job, and to help companies to find such people?
    3. Which companies can be interested in PHP specialists?
    4. How the companies will select between different persons which
    pretend to know PHP?
    5. Is the knowledge of PHP (MySQL, HTML) sufficient to have a good
    chance to find a job, or often some additional knowledge are required?
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    • Rik Wasmus
      #2
      Re: Job market for web-developers?

      On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:50:07 +0100, Kurda Yon <kurdayon@yahoo .comwrote:
      1. Is that easy to find a job for those which a specializing in PHP
      and, as a consequence in MySQL and HTML?
      Depends on _where_ you live. Here, it's a seller's market (the one with
      the PHP skills being the seller), so loads to do. 'Specializing' is not
      something I'd recommend. While you should have intimate knowledge of the
      language you're mostly (going to be) working with, having a broader set of
      skills and perspective will make you more valuable to a company, and more
      able to choose the right tool for the different jobs you'll face.
      2. How does it work? Is there any site developed to help such people
      to find a job, and to help companies to find such people?
      Job adverts? Any many of these are local, so even if I gave you some
      listings from Twente here, I hardly think you'd want them. If you're
      looking for freelance work there are sites like rentacoder.com.
      3. Which companies can be interested in PHP specialists?
      'specialists' not that much, for companies looking for just plain good PHP
      coders, I'd consult the equivalent for your local yellow pages for every
      company that claims to do 'something' with the 'web', and check their site
      to see it they're looking for someone. Most of them will try to inform
      prospective employees of an opening one way or another...
      4. How the companies will select between different persons which
      pretend to know PHP?
      A combination of education & proven experience. Proven experience often
      trumps education, however, 'some experience' in a not terribly complicated
      project will not impress them very much. A variety of skills, and some
      interesting projects you've worked on would do the trick. If you've no
      projects to show, the bigger companies might hire (or at least interview)
      junior developers based on education alone, smaller ones usually won't
      take that gamble.
      5. Is the knowledge of PHP (MySQL, HTML) sufficient to have a good
      chance to find a job, or often some additional knowledge are required?
      At the current market here, it would be enough to land you a descent job.
      However, the economy can change, and if your abilities are limited, you'd
      be the first to go. Don't focus to much on a single language (which is a
      tool, not a goal). Make sure you can use different tools to reach that
      goal, and practise thinking of an abstract solutions to that goal, which
      you could implement with several languages/scripts/etc. Most of all: stay
      up to date. You don't have to be the first to use cutting edge
      technologies, you do have to take an interest in developments, and
      possible new/better/easier solutions to your current problem at hand.
      --
      Rik Wasmus

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        • Manuel Lemos
          #3
          Re: Job market for web-developers?

          Hello,

          on 01/14/2008 07:50 PM Kurda Yon said the following:
          1. Is that easy to find a job for those which a specializing in PHP
          and, as a consequence in MySQL and HTML?
          Yes, if you have qualifications, there is plenty of demand for good PHP
          developers.

          2. How does it work? Is there any site developed to help such people
          to find a job, and to help companies to find such people?
          Yes, you may want to take a look at the PHP professionals directory and
          submit your profile:

          http://www.phpclasses.org/professionals/


          3. Which companies can be interested in PHP specialists?
          Basically any company that has Web sites.

          4. How the companies will select between different persons which
          pretend to know PHP?
          Usually an interview, even by e-mail, may leave less qualified
          developers out of the run.

          5. Is the knowledge of PHP (MySQL, HTML) sufficient to have a good
          chance to find a job, or often some additional knowledge are required?
          Yes, but if you have other specialities it may help you get better paid
          jobs.


          --

          Regards,
          Manuel Lemos

          PHP professionals looking for PHP jobs
          http://www.phpclasses.org/professionals/

          PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP
          http://www.phpclasses.org/

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