"I had one goal behind my certification: to help me get a job. It was at a point in my life where I was wanting to go from working on my own - freelancing - to something else. I thought becoming a ZCE would help me look like a better candidate.
It did work. I was contacted a few weeks after the test due to me being listed at Zend as a certified engineer. That was just over five years ago and I'm still working with that company."