Should I profess my undying love for this post? haha! This is a GREAT! When a friend had sent me the link to "40 signs that you're a lousy PHP coder"... I laughed at the same points you brought up.
I'm an advocate for making things as readable as possible, especially in PHP since it can get ridiculous quick. Most of the points in "lists" for being a good/bad software developer come down to the same age old fact of: learn the fundamentals and you'll have more relevant lists.