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I don't speak for the parent (and I don't think the assertion is correct), but I will say that PHP jobs outside the valley are plentiful. A large percentage of
by jdpedrie 8y ago
I don't speak for the parent (and I don't think the assertion is correct), but I will say that PHP jobs outside the valley are plentiful. A large percentage of those are legacy maintenance or development on unpleasant platforms such as WordPress or Magento, but there is still a lot of challenging and enjoyable work being done using PHP, and the improvements to the language over the last few years have made many of the old arguments against the language obsolete.
- ergo14 8y agoI'm asking about salary ranges specifically.
- jdpedrie 8y agoStackOverflow's developer survey[0] would suggest that the original comment was incorrect. But I think it's an incomplete story for the reasons I and other respondents mentioned. The large supply at the lower end of the market depresses salary, but as one rises, salaries are in my experience comparable to any other widely-used language. [0] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/#work-salary-and-experience-by-language https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018/#work-salary-...
- cleong 8y agoThat might not be a good measure, take a language related to PHP like Hack. The min salary for this language will be six figures because the only company that uses it is Facebook. PHP is a widely used language that your not going to have problem finding a job with.
- waibelp 8y agoI know some php devs from munich in germany which started at 64k per year. Others earn 70k+ per year. In agencies (wordpress i.e.) jobs start at 48k.
- foepys 8y agoTbf, 70k€ in Munich is like 50k€ nearly anywhere else in Germany.