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Don't take attacks on your usual tool of choice as an attack on yourself. If you think people are making good arguments against PHP, perhaps consider retooling

by wyager 10y ago

Don't take attacks on your usual tool of choice as an attack on yourself. If you think people are making good arguments against PHP, perhaps consider retooling a bit...

toxican 10y ago
Hard to separate yourself from your decisions and your toolset sometimes! I certainly may check out some alternatives at a hobby level and pursue them further if they appeal to me. But for now the money in my rural city is in PHP and to a lesser extend, .NET. Don't think I've ever seen a job asking for Python, Node, etc. that didn't require an hour + commute.
- meritt 10y ago
  If you're (or anyone else) interested, my company is hiring senior PHP engineers. Modern tech stack: PHP7, MariaDB (MySQL), Redis, distributed workers, Debian, AWS, Solr, data mining/analysis. Competitive salaries, fully remote, vacation, retirement, etc. Contact me at meritt.hn@gmail.com
- jonaswouters 10y ago
  If you jump on a new language early enough and are proficient enough to be productive in it, you have a chance to actually land some jobs with it without having to take a pay cut. Letting people know and engaging in the community is a requirement though. You'll meet other people passionate about it and ultimately network is everything ;) Then again I end up with php jobs anyway because I enjoy sharing my knowledge (coaching, improving way of working, etc) but at the same time surround myself with people who I can learn from. (Be it business, architecture or a different language, all relative knowledge is valuable)
  - toxican 10y ago
    >surround myself with people who I can learn from. This is my biggest struggle. I am the only dev in what is primarily a graphics place. I've come a long way on my own since I started here, but I miss having a mentor or at least someone whose code I can look at and learn from and know I'm looking at GOOD code.

by wyager 10y ago

Don't take attacks on your usual tool of choice as an attack on yourself. If you think people are making good arguments against PHP, perhaps consider retooling a bit...

toxican 10y ago

Hard to separate yourself from your decisions and your toolset sometimes! I certainly may check out some alternatives at a hobby level and pursue them further if they appeal to me. But for now the money in my rural city is in PHP and to a lesser extend, .NET. Don't think I've ever seen a job asking for Python, Node, etc. that didn't require an hour + commute.

meritt 10y ago
If you're (or anyone else) interested, my company is hiring senior PHP engineers. Modern tech stack: PHP7, MariaDB (MySQL), Redis, distributed workers, Debian, AWS, Solr, data mining/analysis. Competitive salaries, fully remote, vacation, retirement, etc. Contact me at meritt.hn@gmail.com
jonaswouters 10y ago
If you jump on a new language early enough and are proficient enough to be productive in it, you have a chance to actually land some jobs with it without having to take a pay cut. Letting people know and engaging in the community is a requirement though. You'll meet other people passionate about it and ultimately network is everything ;) Then again I end up with php jobs anyway because I enjoy sharing my knowledge (coaching, improving way of working, etc) but at the same time surround myself with people who I can learn from. (Be it business, architecture or a different language, all relative knowledge is valuable)
- toxican 10y ago
  >surround myself with people who I can learn from. This is my biggest struggle. I am the only dev in what is primarily a graphics place. I've come a long way on my own since I started here, but I miss having a mentor or at least someone whose code I can look at and learn from and know I'm looking at GOOD code.