Posted by Dr. No on 02/15/07 23:59

damod.php@gmail.com wrote:
> Iam a php/mysql developer. I wanna know whether staying in php and
> mysql forever would affect my future. Most s/w people are in either
> java or dotnet. Iam novice in both of them. I love php and i dont
> wanna shift from it. Please tell me whether staying as a php developer
> is good enough to have a settled future in spftware industry. Pro's
> and Con's respected.
>

Software engineers live and die on their knowledge. PHP is great. I love working
with PHP. However, it is a niche language in a lot of ways. Most PHP development
is done on small to medium applications. Larger corporations tend to use Java
and .Net for their big projects. Some of this is due to FUD, but there are
legitimate reasons for using Java or .Net for enterprise applications. On the
other end, Ruby on Rails may be a better choice for quick and dirty
applications. I plan on learning bot Java and Ruby this year to expand my
marketability. That doesn't mean that I'm going to stop using PHP, or advocating
for its use when I think its a better choice. However, the next time I have a
100k per year gig staring me in the face, and the only thing standing between me
and the work is knowing a second or third server side language, I don't want it
to be an issue.

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