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I have not yet resorted to that. I am amused by the perception that a pro software engineer is assumed to only be proficient in the programming language they u

I have not yet resorted to that. I am amused by the perception that a pro software engineer is assumed to only be proficient in the programming language they used in their last job. If an engineer is applying for your job, talk to them and make sure they are a good personality fit for your team. They are probably going to take more time understanding your dev tools and procedures than boning up on PHP.

apinstein 15y ago
The motive behind that wasn't about people not being skilled outside their current language (which I agree would be amusing), but that I wasn't sure trying to pitch a PHP job to ruby/python/java developers was going to be successful. I guess seeing all the PHP-bashing that happens in the world (especially on HN) made me a little gunshy about approaching high-level devs to work on our project. Fortunately thanks to some very well-made points and stories shared on this thread, I am now optimistic that I should be able to convince devs used to "better" languages that working on a PHP project could still be cool and a good learning experience. This thread has been really great for me. Thanks, HN!