zulubanshee Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I'm going to be looking for my first PHP job in the Orlando area and I'm wondering what sort of things I'll need to know before I start knocking on doors. I don't want to be surprised at things they expect me to know and I haven't really looked at. I have plenty to learn but i have a pretty good feel for programming. I'm working a couple of projects (self-produced) . They're nothing really spectacular, but they're going to be fully functional sites. One is done in CodeIgniter, and another is with my own classes (or ones I adapt) and Smarty. Again I'm not really fast at development yet, but I'm willing to work long hours for very little pay (maybe no pay for a couple of months). One other thing, I am a middle aged person making a career change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 (maybe no pay for a couple of months). Really, you don't want to work without pay. There is nothing to benefit from it unless you like the feeling of being a slave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsist10 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Brush up on the following studies as these will be things they will ask in an interview: Data Structures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_structure Object Orientated Programming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming Debugging Practices http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debugging Software Development Processes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process Interviewed by a programmer: If you're interviewed by another programmer, your questions will be on technical related items. You'll probably be asked to do a couple of simple examples to show your knowledge of PHP. e.g.: Without using a for or foreach loop, write out all the letters of the alphabet (comma seperated). Interviewed my management: If you're interviewed by management of some form, your credentials and confidence will be a bigger feature. More reading: http://www.google.co.za/search?q=programmer+interview+questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynew Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Also - make sure you know a framework or two and have modded things like Wordpress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I would say that it is more what you can or have achieved than what you currently know. New libraries, frameworks, technologies are introduced daily. A good developer can read dev docs and be able to use a new technology, api fairly quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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