Three years ago I took the ZCPE (Zend Certified PHP Engineer) exam about the PHP 5.5 (Recently the new version of the exam was released, this one is about the PHP 7). It was a milestone in my career, and I can perfectly remember the two months before it, when I studied so hard, even dreaming about it. The outcome was excellent, and I got high marks and received the certification.
After my result, I decided to write about the exam at Imasters, a tech portal with a large audience in Brazil. The post gives a few tips on “How to prepare and study for the exam.” It was received well, and many people left comments and questions about the test in my article.
Since then, I was happy to learn that some of my job mates and friends found the post and used it as a resource for their studies =), beyond that, the certification also brought me many jobs offers abroad through the Linkedin
If you want to see the article, this is the link in Portuguese.