Guides, tutorials & career advice
Guides, tutorials, and career advice for breaking into martech and tech — from the CodingPhase team.
How to Retire Early With a Tech Job (The FIRE Math Nobody Shows You)
A tech salary is the best FIRE vehicle most people can realistically get. Here's the actual math behind retiring early, the saving...
Web Administrator Certifications Worth Your Time (and the Ones That Aren't)
There is no official WordPress certification. Not one. So here's what I'd actually go earn, in what order, and the part no exam vo...
Shopify Developer Certifications and the Proof That Beats Them
Is there even an official Shopify certification? My honest read on which credentials are worth a weekend, which are free money, an...
PHP Developer Certifications: What I Tell My Students
Every PHP certification worth knowing about, what hiring managers actually do with them, and why a deployed Laravel app with real...
Email Developer Certifications Ranked by What They Actually Get You
A certificate has never gotten anyone hired as an email developer on its own. Stacked on real work, one or two of them can still t...
AI Automation Certifications: My Honest Take on the Badge Wall
Zapier, Make, HubSpot, Google Cloud badges. I went through a LinkedIn profile with eleven AI certificates on it and nobody calling...
Web Administrator Interview Questions: What They Ask and How to Answer
The real questions hiring managers ask web administrators, from publishing landing pages to bulk product updates, with answers tha...
Shopify Developer Interview Questions: What They Actually Ask (And How to Answer)
The real questions Shopify agencies and merchants ask in interviews, with the answers hiring managers actually want to hear. No ag...
PHP Developer Interview Questions (What Juniors Actually Get Asked)
The real questions junior PHP developers get asked, with answers that sound like a teammate, not a textbook. Plus the scenario que...
