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Ya, but PHP is actually still being used in a lot of agencies and in certain types of work. Far more than elixer and rust, probably just below ruby.

Also I wasn't pointing out what you say, you're reading into it a bit. I haven't used PHP in a long ass time. But it seems like not a bad choice for certain markets, at least as much as Python and Ruby imo




PHP is used far more than Ruby. Wordpress alone dwarfes any Ruby usage.


I guess it depends how you quantify it, but I was thinking Shopify's use of Rails would have started competing for %


That's a fair point, I implied individual websites instead of % of traffic on the internet. I interpreted this thread mostly to be about number of jobs, in which case I think the number of websites is more important than the percentage of traffic, but I should have been explicit about it.


Compare what the PHP jobs pay or the career path they put you on compared to elixir or ruby. Not even the same ball park. Not even the same sport.


I bill £650 a day for 'PHP development'.

What is this out of the park career path I'd have had choosing ruby? Can you share some more details?

Almost the best advice I can give to a developer is stop being fixated on language, and start being fixated on how to solve business problems, on communicating coherently (and like a human being), and being able to quickly grok complexity. The language you program in is almost the least important part of the offer (as long as you're competent in it)


> Compare what the PHP jobs pay

Where? At Facebook? Or somewhere else?


yes, with the sole exception of facebook. If you really believe people are going out and learning php just to get jobs at faceboook I've got a bridge to sell you.


Hack isn't PHP anymore...




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