I don't find it surprising at all. Almost 17 years ago I got into programming thanks to how simple and easy PHP was. Last time I wrote PHP was back in 2013, how

I don't find it surprising at all. Almost 17 years ago I got into programming thanks to how simple and easy PHP was. Last time I wrote PHP was back in 2013, however I do not hold any grudges. Low entry barrier in learning the syntax, setting up a development environment, and testing it by typing a filename in the URL, how cool is that? It seemed super cool to me as a tech savvy teenager. I was able to start making money from odd programming jobs just six months later since PHP was in high demand.