Re:Ask HN: Why do people believe “PHP developer” means secur...
by sarciszewski on Monday November 17, 2014 @02:57PM
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I can superficially claim some familiarity with each of PHP, C, C++, Java, VB.NET, Delphi, Perl, Python, HTML(5), CSS(3), Node.js, Javascript, jQuery, Fabric.js, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS-SQL, sqlite, XML, and webserver administration (Apache HTTP Server and nginx).
In terms of real experience (i.e. I've finished a project in this language), the list narrows down to HTML/CSS, Javascript (plain and with jQuery), PHP, Java, C, and the SQLs listed above.
But if any degree of "expertise" is required, I'm only comfortable claiming that I have the requisite experience and environment familiarity with PHP projects (at least, in terms of server-side programming languages).
I could easily call myself much more than a PHP developer (and if my experience with some other devs has been any indication, get away with it!), but I'm hesitant to do so until they feel natural to build projects in.
In terms of real experience (i.e. I've finished a project in this language), the list narrows down to HTML/CSS, Javascript (plain and with jQuery), PHP, Java, C, and the SQLs listed above.
But if any degree of "expertise" is required, I'm only comfortable claiming that I have the requisite experience and environment familiarity with PHP projects (at least, in terms of server-side programming languages).
I could easily call myself much more than a PHP developer (and if my experience with some other devs has been any indication, get away with it!), but I'm hesitant to do so until they feel natural to build projects in.