Hi there!
I wonder, PHP would always get hate, I saw articles back in 2013 saying PHP will die in 5years, and 10years have passed with each new article every year and PHP is still alive...
However, I wonder, why do some devs right now hate PHP, especially in the JavaScript community?
It seems like Node is the future, is the tech a lot of companies are migrating to, they are hiring PHP devs to learn Node - that's what happen at one company I worked and that was interesting.
In JS communities say anything about PHP and they will shlt on you.
Do you think these devs are exaggerating, and if yes, why would a lot of companies adapt to Node?
What is your take on this? I want to master PHP and Laravel before I move onto Node and it seems like that could be a great opportunity job wise as well, and a lot of PHP roles for a mid/senior dev pay as much as junior or mid JS dev - such a massive difference. I know because I've been looking at jobs the past few weeks, and I noticed the massive pay gap that PHP has compared to JS.
On the other hand, I was lucky to get work doing simple front-end with WP for £300 which could be considered a senior salary if I was employed - which is even more mind blowing to me. The client offered that pay and I was like wtf but yeah. Managed to get another such gig as well a few months later.
You can cleary earn a lot of money with this but maybe the demand is lower?
Just an open question really.
Ultimately it probably doesn't matter once you're a good programer as you can pick it up, but until I become decent at all of this a year or two, maybe three might pass of course.
