PHP Dev call - All who are active, how would you rank your skill level?

[myesain84]

@oddz Can you clarify your position regarding this? Perhaps it’s just the terminology difference between the discussion being had here and the terminology provided in the article I linked to.

In one post you provide examples on what differentiates a guru level developer:

@oddz

One of the key points I agree with is that to be considered a Guru one goes beyond just working for clients. They assist others contributing back to the community via sharing knowledge in the form or writings and/or code to well known open source projects.

What is it you are accomplishing by sharing your knowledge if not empowering others to better themselves. Are you not serving the community by contributing to open-source projects?

Of the three levels described in the article I linked to, the “Senior Developer” referenced in the quotation would roughly translate to the “Guru” level in this discussion.

Here is a quote from that article that I believe roughly translates to the “Expert” level in this discussion:

A good intermediate developer needs less supervision. They can be trusted to raise issues of code design, and play a valuable role in design discussions. They are also the “workhorses” of the dev team.

which correlates nicely with one of your comments regarding “Expert” level developers:

@oddz

I think the php expert is the one who is responsible for banging out code first and foremost

I apologize if the terminology difference caused any confusion. I think all in all, my opinion is the same as your own regarding levels of expertise, especially this:

@oddz

I stand firm on my belief that anyone who has worked on PHP projects in isolation but has RARELY made contribution(s) to the global ecosystem can only EVER be considered an expert REGARDLESS of 10 or 20 years experience with the language.