Posted by OmegaJunior on 02/16/07 22:36

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:55:59 +0100, <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.
>

I know Basic (Visual Basic, .Net, VB Script (as in ASP), VBA (for
applications like code behind MS Office applications)), PHP, ColdFusion,
Javascript, Apple Script, C++, (X)HTML, CSS, XML a couple of SQL
dialects... yeah I'd say broadening one's horizon is a positive
development that can land you a job beyond one's current perspective.

However... expanding one's abilities also sacrifices the expertise in any
single one of those abilities. Time spent to learn can be spent only once.
Which do you prefer? Being a specialist in two or three languages, or
being an allround programmer that can pick up any language thrown at them?

One of my colleagues claims it generally takes about 11 weeks for an
experienced programmer to get comfortable with a new language. Summer
school, anyone?

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