I'm not the best example because I write vanilla PHP without frameworks and I don't work at a big exciting tech company on the cutting edge of anything, but her

I'm not the best example because I write vanilla PHP without frameworks and I don't work at a big exciting tech company on the cutting edge of anything, but here goes..... I think it's a valuable skill to have, and there are still plenty of places who use it. Learning something new is never a waste if it's achievable. I'd have no reservations listing it as a skill. As far as the technology: PHP7 is extremely fast and powerful. Even for quick and dirty synchronous command line scripting it's magnitudes faster than Python. [1] [1] https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/fastest/php.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...