As an art director and graphic designer I always followed the advice of other professionals I admired who said "Never put anything in your portfolio that you wouldn't want to do every day. Somehow, someway that's what you will most likely be asked to do." It's the same for skills, I never liked working in Flash or Quark so I never stated them on my resume. Do I know how to work and design with them — yes, but I would be miserable working in Flash on animated banner ads for soap every day no matter how much they paid me.

What's that have to do with php? If you like it, learn it and look for projects that require php. I would strongly suggest that if you're looking to add it to your toolbox because "There's a lot of work out there for it." don't. You'll regret it. Good luck.

"...the adversities born of well-placed thoughts should be considered mercies rather than misfortunes." — Don Quixote

In reply to Re: Learning PHP by luis.roca
in thread Learning PHP by Anonymous Monk

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