question about jobs and learning different programs.

[Semidevil]

I noticed that a lot of analyst jobs or web development jobs, they require the candidate to be knowledgeable in SQL, javascript, VBasic, apache, etc etc.

these things are not usually taught in college(in my area at least). How do you show the potential employer that you are experienced in these programs/languages. Are their official certification programs online that one could go through so they can 'prove' they are knowledgeable in this area?

Beside's writing it down on resume, 'experienced in....' how else can you show the employers??

 

[Drakkon]

if a company truely wants to make sure you know a language they will ask you questions in the interview. Other than that though theres really no 'proof' except to just throw you in the pool and see if you swim.

 

[NanoStuff]

The best way to do it is to set up a personal website, run your own server, and show it off. It's a shitload cheaper and more impressive than a college degree. I pity the man with the college degree in programming.

Wait, what? Visual Basic??? Stop hurting the interweb with your foul mouth!

 

[BCYL]

1) Do some reading/learning yourself, even if its just teach-yourself books
2) Highlight to your employer you are a quick learner, and provide examples that show it... Employers realize its difficult to find someone who meets ALL their requirements, and often is willing to settle on candidates who are smart but less experienced

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: NanoStuff
I pity the man with the college degree in programming.

There are no college degrees in programming.

 

[ppdes]

Another vote for code samples/demo website here.

I only had an internship in the way of experience when I was out looking for my first full time job, so I added a section to my resume called projects. It just had a short description of any really large programming projects I had worked on, what technologies they used, and a link to my website where the code and longer write ups were available. My senior project was one of them and a software engineering class project where we developed something for an outside company using an open source license was another.

I know two of the eight people I interviewed with at the place I ended up working actually looked at the code because they mentioned finding one of the projects neat a few months later. So some people looked at it at least.