[PHP] Re: PHP in the University and Corporation

2002-01-28 Thread Dreamriver.com
Hello, I teach internet programming part-time and my findings are that the "best" language to learn for the web - for students - is php because it is more affordable and easier to learn for the students. The instruction the school provides does NOT include php. I added instruction in php as a

RE: [PHP] Re: PHP in the University and Corporation [was RE: [PHP] Computer Science and PHP]

2002-01-27 Thread Chris Lott
I agree about going to technical colleges and other areas. In fact, I made that very point. There is no reason that these kinds of programs even NEED to be four year degrees. I don't want to get into a debate about certifications. As one who hires programmers, I can say this for myself and many o

[PHP] Re: PHP in the University and Corporation [was RE: [PHP] Computer Science and PHP]

2002-01-27 Thread Mike Frazer
In order to make a living as a programmer, unless you can seriously wow your potential employers with raw ability, it's difficult to make any real money unless you have a little piece of paper that says "Look what I can do!" I've been programming in PHP, Perl, ASP, Java, Visual Basic, C and C++ to