They don't. They find a lot of "programmers" who can hammer out PHP. The talented programmers who end up writing PHP don't do it because it was their first cho

They don't. They find a lot of "programmers" who can hammer out PHP. The talented programmers who end up writing PHP don't do it because it was their first choice. It was probably their tenth. Or twentieth. PHP is one of those tools that you can find a lot of people who know how to use it. Certainly not all of them are actually talented or even competent. But there's a lot of them. I think the article's conclusion is misguided.