In a few years of experience, I have come across 2 rather bad developers where one of them outpaced the other by a mile in the race of 'Suck'. Both were fairly

In a few years of experience, I have come across 2 rather bad developers where one of them outpaced the other by a mile in the race of 'Suck'. Both were fairly recent hires and I can't bring myself to think how shortcoming of such magnitude can go unseen. I imagine that a person can get very far with BS and co-workers usually are the back-stop to those antics. If they are not, they should have absolute permission to call on the manager to verify someone else's competency. In addition, I find it rather offensive for a person to have to learn on the job after it becomes evident that the resume, linked in profile or any other point of reference was embellished. Le sigh,- without painting a group with a broad brush, but I see PHP as a gateway language as more folks try to pivot into applying for programming jobs. I've seen enough this year alone to turn me into a skeptic.