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Yes, I used to be. I was remote and made (before leaving) a bit over 100k USD, so their are solid jobs out there. There's still a lot of software running PHP. T
by jjice 3y ago
Yes, I used to be. I was remote and made (before leaving) a bit over 100k USD, so their are solid jobs out there. There's still a lot of software running PHP. There are two (probably more) types of PHP projects though:
1. Well architected and testable code that is essentially dynamic Java and gets to have all of the great additions that PHP has added over the years.
2. Adhoc PHP scripts strewn about a file system that call into the DB directly or with a bad abstraction layer that's untestable.
The former is a great experience. The latter is not. I moved to different languages not out of hate for PHP, but due to the latter type being too common and me being stuck in one. I realized I'm so much happier working in a code base that has structure and is testable.