> but they had a policy of not hiring PHP programmers Sounds like you avoided a bad apple there, so silver lining and all that. If a company has a blanket ban

> but they had a policy of not hiring PHP programmers Sounds like you avoided a bad apple there, so silver lining and all that. If a company has a blanket ban policy based on what a programmer currently does for a living, sounds like a place where you wouldn't be able to grow and they just look at your previous experience without considering you as a person who can learn and grow. So lucky you :)