Yes! you heard it right, we are hiring 12 PHP programmers. I have posted this job on our user group PHPUGPH already and I am posting it again here for folks there that are interested.  Just additional information for those that I am sure that will post questions here,

1. Full time position only, no part-time

2. Work will be in Pasig City Philippines

3. Work schedule is Tues-Sat 7am-4pm.

See my PHPUGPH job post below

We in US Auto Parts Philippines is in need of 12 PHP programmers for full time position. Qualifications are very simple as listed below

1. Knows how to create PHP programs/scripts.
2. Knows how to create simple to complex SQL statement in MySQL.
3. Background on other PHP/MySQL related technology like AJAX is a plus
4. Entry level experience are welcome to apply

Details
1. Starting salary is 25K pesos
2. Good working environment
3. All programmers are using DELL computers with dual screen monitor
4. We are using SDLC in our projects
5. The whole Application Development department comprises of Project Managers, Business Analyst, Solutions Architects, Development Manager, Development Lead, Server-side & Client-side Developers. So each is responsible for each part of the SDLC. So no worries on doing job that you didnt apply for.
6. I will be personally interviewing you so no worries na kabahan kayo, pure tagalog ang interview natin but if you prefer English OK din.

This was taken in our apartment, well obviously before we sprayed the insect killer. But this guy(cockroach) is tough, he even kiss the insect killer bottle. This guy deserves the title “No Fear”. By the way, if you waned to know what happen next, well use your imagination…

Last time I announced it here the 1st PHP Developer’s Conference which will be held this December 1, 2007. As promised I will be posting updates every now and then of the event’s details so I would like to post this which was originally from the phpugph forum.

“Guys, I would like to announce that the online registration for our event - PHP Everywhere! this coming December 1 - is now available! For the meantime, you can access it at http://www.jotform.com/form/72883452322 while AJ’s still preparing our home page to embed the registration form on our website.Reserve your tickets early to avail our early bird promo and get a 50% off discount on the ticket price & ticket special promo!

- Student Tickets for Php 100 (Orig. Price: Php 200)
- Professional Tickets for Php 500 (Orig. Price: Php 1,000)
- Student Special Promo - Buy 2 Take 1 for Php 200 (Orig. Price: Php 400 )
- Professional Special Promo - Buy 2 Take 1 for Php 1,000 (Orig. Price: Php 2,000)

Promo ends on November 16, 2007. So, what are you waiting for? Hurry and secure your ticket now!”

As stated from the website, tickets were lowered as a promo for the early bird registration. The prices are reasonable having that we have student tickets which are just 100 pesos  as if you are just buying a meal from a carinderia or local fast food chain. For the professional tickets,  500 pesos worth of a once in a lifetime experience is still cheap. So why wait, register early so that you can still enjoy these lowered price tickets . You’ll never know tomorrow, tickets would be sold higher than this due to the number of attendees interested.

So hurry register now!!! here is the link http://www.jotform.com/form/72883452322

Again I’ll keep you all posted for other announcements.

PHP User Group Philippines, Inc. (PHPUGPH) will be holding its first PHP Developer’s Conference on December 1, 2007 from 9am - 6pm. The said event will be attended by professional LAMP developers, freelancers and companies which are very notable in the field of IT. The event’s main goal is to spread the news of using OSS(Open Source Software) technologies to a wider audience like schools, universities and companies. Last April was a similar even that the group conducted which I was not able to attend, but definitely I will be here! Details of the event’s venue will be posted soon.

Why attend?

If you are a student taking IT related courses, this is good exposure for you. You will get the chance to see the real IT world in the Philippines and the real guys behind the scene of the sites you are surfing, either for fun, entertainment or education purposes. Well I also believe that learning is not always achieved inside the 4 corners of the classroom.

If you are a PHP programmer or even non PHP programmer whether professional, mid-level or novice one, this event is definitely for you. This is a ones in a lifetime experience to attend the 1st ever event, this is history in the making in the Philippine IT History. It always a good feeling to be the first isn’t it? Your grand children will read this in their history books and you will be proud to say to them, I was there! You will learn so much from the topic that are lined up. You can find the complete list in AJ blog site.

If you are a company or an entrepreneur, this event will directly benefit you, since most of the speakers are also entrepreneurs, and IT company CEOs which I’m definitely sure will give some tips how to run an IT related business. If I’m not mistaken the Tipidpc guys will be there to share how the site came to be. Ideas will be be scattering all over the venue and you’ll never know, the solution you are looking in your company will be revealed here.

Sponsorship?

Basically I’m not the person in-charge of the sponsorship thing, but I can be your mediator and tell the phpug top guys about your intentions.

Well what are you waiting for, start marking those calendars as if this is a Christmas countdown. I’m pretty excited about this event and I hope to see you all there!

Since my primary keyword in my blog is “filipino php programmer”, I would like to write this article that tackles how is the typical life of a Filipino PHP Programmer. I will try to describe bit by bit what are the things that we “filipino PHP programmer” are interested on. This article may be one sided because my basis is just my personal experience in the field of PHP programming. You may agree or disagree with the contents and examples that I will be giving throughout the discussion. You are free to add up your ideas, comments and suggestion after I have submitted this article.

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

As a programmer in general, in order to develop applications, programs or scripts we need some tools to efficiently code and write down complex algorithmic php programs. As of this date there tons of PHP programming tools available on the net. There are IDEs, Database connectivity client, Code optimizer, code profilers and other tools that being use day to day by Filipino php programmers, may it be at work or at play(writing codes just for fun). But typically what kind of tools that we use? What environment are we working on? I would like to answer these questions by listing some of the tools I know that I am currently using.

1. Development Environment - I know that in order for you to start working on PHP programming you need PHP Engine primarily, the database engine (in my case I use MySQL) and a Web Server (if you wanted to apply your code on the web.) In early days we usually install these engine separately (PHP, MySQL and Apache) in order to start the development. What we try to do is download all 3 engines from their respective websites, read their README and INSTALL files, and follow their instructions there. I still remember those days of spending longs hours configuring Apache to integrate PHP into it, and these lines are still engrave in my mind.

LoadModule php4_module php/sapi/php4apache2.dll

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

But fortunately today, development environment comes in packages already. Installation packages that comprises of all engines needed to run a full PHP application. Xampp is one of the nice package that I personally use. This cool development package is a one shot installation that comprises already the Apache web server, MySQL Engine, PHP and Perl interpreter. All you need to do is download the installation file or the zip file and run it on you PC, laptop or even server.

2. Editors - like MS Word, Notepad and Wordpad that are document or text editors, PHP programmer need editors to write down their codes. For some PHP programmer I have met and ask, usually have different preferences when it comes to editors. Mostly their choice of editor is their first editor when they started PHP programming. Their reason why sticking to their editor is that they are already adept with it, and changing it will change also their coding preferences and huge adjustment for them. On my personal survey these are the common Editors they are using

Macromedia Dreamweaver - commercial; can run on Windows and Mac

Zend Studio - commercial; can run on Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac; has 30 day trial

Nusphere - commercial; can run on Windows and Linux; has 30 day trial

Vi or Vim - freeware; can run onWindows, Linux and Unix

3. Database applications - database applications are softwares that enable programmer to manipulate database data directly. These database applications enable a PHP programmer to perform DML(Data Manipulation Language) or DDL(Data Definition Language) activity on the Database server. Some of these database applications may be in a web interface like PHP MyAdmin and client side like MySQL CC(not available anymore), MySQL Query Browser, Navicat, EMS, etc.

4. Resources - it is but natural for any programmer to have resources, whether offline or online. Resources are very useful when we are getting syntax of some functions seldomly use, or tags that we are not sure of their structure or even information we can use in our project or task as php programmers. Here are some of the offline resoures that I am using

PHP Help - in chm format

Ebooks - electronic ebooks like, PHP Cookbook, Web Development using PHP & MySQL

Some of the online resources that I usually go whenever I need extra help online are

w3schools - online tutorial on different language and technology which includes PHP, HTML, CSS, etc.

PHP.net - main site of PHP, for online manual

MySQL Reference - mysql reference

DevShed - useful PHP applications and tutorials

5. Other Development Tools/Resources - aside from the tools and resources that I mentioned above. I would like also to list down some important sites that directly or indirectly gives bits of information to my PHP programming life. These are

Digg - researching for latest news on the IT industry.

Sitepoint - gives some useful information on the latest trend on different IT related field like programming, SEO, etc

Mozilla Firefox - the browser itself and the many addons like Bugzilla, Web developers toolbar, Measure It, Colorzilla, and other cool extensions

INTEREST

In this section I would like to describe what are the interest of a typical Filipino PHP Programmer. These interest may or may not be related to programming. Basically these are hobbies, habits, liesure, addictions(non-drug or alcoholic) of some programmers that I’ve known.

Food and Beverages:

Soda - softdrinks in can preferably

Coffee - use to fight drowsiness and boost alertness

Cigarette - study shows that smoking while thinking boost up the ability of the brain to think(well not advised).

Burger - burger machine, burger king

Pizza - pizza hut preferably

Hobbies/Leisures:

RC - remote control cars

Pets - like dogs, fish, etc

Sleeping - no comment

Games - RPG, Online-games, PS2, PSP, Nintendo, Xbox, etc.

to be continued…

Wow! is my expression when I found out that my site is #1 on the list when you search the keyword “filipino php programmer” in google.com. At first I cannot believe that my site was first on the list, with the fact that I just written only two topics on my blog. I have come to think that relevance in the keyword really means a lot. Well basically I can say that my site has the relavance since I didn’t write so much about different topic. This has inspired me to write more but following that keyword as my overall topic in my blog.