Re: [PHP] getting a LAMP job in this economy

This has been an interesting thread, so I'll toss in my unique point of view... I have never held a full time job for anyone but myself. I find good opportunity and take advantage of it. I make decent money also. I have not marketed myself as a PHP developer, but rather as a problem finder a

Re: [PHP] getting a LAMP job in this economy

In the face of tough economics, it's difficult to hold onto one's ethics... Not to start a flame war, but I really hope that the day doesn't come that I'm forced to use a non-Unix platform for my development. For now I have this luxury. Erik On Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 04:51 PM, Vin

Re: [PHP] getting a LAMP job in this economy

You could switch to Java. At least with Java you will learn something that doesn't depend on Windows, but is still needed by Windows users. Not that there is a huge market for Java developers right now either... -- Ben Sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Vincent Stoess

Re: [PHP] getting a LAMP job in this economy

Heh. I got my first web development job back when pretty much anyone could hang a shingle outside their door and call themselves a web developer. My company worked in a Linux/PHP/Perl/Oracle environment. While there I learned quite a bit about Perl and PHP and connecting both of them to Orac