Re:Postgres 11 – A First Look
by dotancohen on Sunday September 23, 2018 @06:21AM
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You're not the only one, but you are one in a thousand.
When I work with Python, Java, C++, bash, SQL, or Javascript in a team I feel mediocre at best. I can get around, but I know that I'm easily outclassed. Contrast with PHP, where I'm almost always the best dev in the room. True that I have much more experience with PHP than in the other technologies that I've mentioned, but PHP has the dual curse of having a very low bar to entry, and seems-to-work enough that most "PHP coders" never feel the need to progress beyond the most basic of understanding.
When I meet new devs I deliberately try to postpone mention of PHP as long as I can, to avoid attaching myself to the tainted stigma that PHP has acquired.
When I work with Python, Java, C++, bash, SQL, or Javascript in a team I feel mediocre at best. I can get around, but I know that I'm easily outclassed. Contrast with PHP, where I'm almost always the best dev in the room. True that I have much more experience with PHP than in the other technologies that I've mentioned, but PHP has the dual curse of having a very low bar to entry, and seems-to-work enough that most "PHP coders" never feel the need to progress beyond the most basic of understanding.
When I meet new devs I deliberately try to postpone mention of PHP as long as I can, to avoid attaching myself to the tainted stigma that PHP has acquired.