# Am I ready to be a Jr. PHP developer?

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**Created:** [December 28, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/am-i-ready-to-be-a-jr-php-developer/317652 "2010-12-28T21:47:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![spyderfx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@spyderfx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spyderfx)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/am-i-ready-to-be-a-jr-php-developer/317652/1 "2010-12-28T21:47:31Z")

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I’ve been working with PHP/MySQL for about a year and a half now. I know HTML/CSS really well, I can navigate through JavaScript pretty easily. I want to get a job as a Jr. Developer but I don’t know how well you are expected to know PHP when getting your first entry level job doing it. I have written a lot of small business type apps with database and search, and I’m currently teaching myself Zend.

As far as writing something like Zend though or creating complex classes; I know I can’t do that yet.

In your opinions, what are a checklist of things I should know before I try to put myself out there on the job market as a Jr. PHP developer?