PHP is so vast that it's a ghetto, the rich uptown area, a sprawling suburban middle class, and more. I share some of your experiences - I'm disturbed by how e

PHP is so vast that it's a ghetto, the rich uptown area, a sprawling suburban middle class, and more. I share some of your experiences - I'm disturbed by how easy it is for people without basic coding knowledge to make money "building php websites". But I also see and run in to a large number of people who can do fantastic PHP code (testable, documented, clean, modular, etc). One thing I've noticed is that most of the people who can do good PHP code (at least in the sense that it's not crappy) have also worked in other languages/tech, either before or during their PHP work. I know the exceptions, but for the most part, someone's PHP code quality is higher if they've done more than just PHP.