I think OP's comment is more of a reflection of the current state of the job market than a commentary on PHP. Many, many thousands of talented laid off people a

I think OP's comment is more of a reflection of the current state of the job market than a commentary on PHP. Many, many thousands of talented laid off people are looking for jobs in tech right now and having far more trouble than in normal times. PHP is still probably among the most widely used web languages: it's just not trendy on HN for differing reasons.