"I think if you like fixing bugs (kind of like solving puzzles) and easing the pain of stressed out small businesses, it's a great niche" Fixing bugs is only a

"I think if you like fixing bugs (kind of like solving puzzles) and easing the pain of stressed out small businesses, it's a great niche" Fixing bugs is only a small part of what I do (like most developers). This is less about the language and more about the previous developers that the small business hired. PHP runs almost everything for a client of mine (hundred-million dollar+ company) (I'm a consultant). I'm regularly involved in new features and new code. New features and changes in PHP7 has made PHP into a much better language. I feel like Rails is the COBOL of our time. I remember when all of the cool kids were using it around 2007 and the blind zealotry that ensued when anyone tried to discuss its shortcomings. Those same people now have since jumped ship and now are mostly involved in various Javascript Frameworks.