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> It's unfortunate that the stink of old PHP is so powerful and that salaries are still lagging so far behind. Could it be that there are less Rails developers
by ggregoire 6y ago
> It's unfortunate that the stink of old PHP is so powerful and that salaries are still lagging so far behind.
Could it be that there are less Rails developers than PHP developers so the Rails developers get higher salaries?
- nicklecompte 6y agoI have wondered how much of this is also due to markets. A lot of governments and security-centric nonprofits (eg hosptials) use PHP instead of Rails, which seems much more popular in startup land. It could even be that PHP is used fairly evenly across the whole US, while Rails is used more on the coasts. Disclaimer: I don’t have hard facts or even anecdotes, I am a functional-first developer who marvels at any language which actually has jobs on the market :)
- devoutsalsa 6y agoRails also got traction in SF & other high paying areas at the right time. PHP had it’s chance to make establish itself in SF in the mid to late 2000s, but Ruby on Rails worked its way in as a fast prototyping tool that made efficient use of VC capital at a time that PHP was seen as a tool used by less serious developers. A lot of startups contact me about Rails to this day.