PHP in 2021 - Hackdot

Re:PHP in 2021 by 55555 on Friday April 16, 2021 @12:33AM (#26829496)

PHP is often a good business decision because there is no shortage of affordable devs to help manage the code. If you're building a small, low-margin business, it may be the best choice. I hate writing PHP btw.

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Re:PHP in 2021 by solraph on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:13AM (#26829769)

For lost cost Wordpress stuff sure, but for higher end senior type work I think it's worse than other languages.

While this is obviously location dependent, over the last year or so I've had dozens of calls from recruiters asking me to come work on PHP (mostly Symfony and Laravel) applications, and telling me they just can't find competent senior and lead devs.

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Re:PHP in 2021 by zoover2020 on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:04AM (#26830106)

Yep, resonates with me. At the same time, these jobs pay very little compared to other stacks. Go figure why they can't find people :-)

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