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I love PHP, but a red flag?! If they’re busy in the Ruby/Java/C#/Go worlds (all get-it-done environments) then I’d just assume they don’t read many Hacker News
by 1123581321 3y ago
I love PHP, but a red flag?! If they’re busy in the Ruby/Java/C#/Go worlds (all get-it-done environments) then I’d just assume they don’t read many Hacker News praises for PHP. It’s easy to have not encountered it since the bad old days unless you work on a team that uses Laravel for some things.
I do understand hiring someone who has that tradesman programming ethic and is comfortable with Linux, but that’s more requiring certain positive traits.
- vonseel 3y agoExactly how I feel reading this thread, I had no idea PHP has changed so much.
- safety1st 3y agoYeah, that's fair. Now that you mention it, 90% of these guys where I get that red flag instinct I described are Javascript devs or wannabe Javascript devs. It's as if the JS ecosystem has driven an entire generation of developers insane
- 1123581321 3y agoI'm in complete agreement there; I've seen a number of those. I like to ask simple questions about what they like about programming to catch some of those issues and look for a certain amount of self-understanding.