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OK, I hate PHP. It's ugly, and I don't want to code anything with it. Good developers mostly aren't available to small shops like mine; I don't have anything t
by wazoox 14y ago
OK, I hate PHP. It's ugly, and I don't want to code anything with it.
Good developers mostly aren't available to small shops like mine; I don't have anything to get them in. I must do with young, cheap developers anyway. Young cheap developers knows only one language, to be chosen among PHP or Java (that's just the way it is).
So I'm getting a whole lot of interns coming in for two months at a time, and they mostly know nothing but PHP. so we make them code PHP.
They built a nice application in a few months for the quarter of the money I would need to get an half-decent <your preferred language here> developer. Getting more done with less money, from a business perspective that's the only thing that counts.
- emperorcezar 14y agoUsing intern developers to write PHP. I really hope you're using a framework, because that above sentence is a recipe for disaster.
- wazoox 14y agoNo, we're using careful project management, code reviews, the interns are very happy because they're learning a lot, and the code is tolerable. Code elegance doesn't put food on the table, anyway.
- emperorcezar 14y agoActually that sounds fine. Good they are learning.