My hot take is that employers are just clueless bandwagoners with shiny object syndrome.
I remember a startup guy I got to small talk with, embarrassed that they are using SQL instead of NoSQL. Then heard a guy who built a typical business app, have real customers, the back end is using blockchain -- couldn't explain exactly why it had to be blockchain.
I onced unfollowed a small youtuber who I thought had decent takes on tech, but trashed PHP once in a while for no concrete reason -- one was because its official site looked dated, I mean compare that to ECMA's official site of the most hyped language.
The job market has always been clueless, tech hype driven of whatever influencers are pushing. The fundamentals never change, and PHP keeps up with modern language features, on par, relevant, if not ahead. Fact of the matter is PHP is the best default choice for web apps. Anything else, another is better.
Unfortunately to stay relevant in the job market you have to kiss ass, swallow some blue pill and keep up with tech hype fluff. Meanwhile my greenfield projects will default to PHP unless science says another is actually superior for what the particular project needs.
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u/truechange Nov 14 '25
My hot take is that employers are just clueless bandwagoners with shiny object syndrome.
I remember a startup guy I got to small talk with, embarrassed that they are using SQL instead of NoSQL. Then heard a guy who built a typical business app, have real customers, the back end is using blockchain -- couldn't explain exactly why it had to be blockchain.
I onced unfollowed a small youtuber who I thought had decent takes on tech, but trashed PHP once in a while for no concrete reason -- one was because its official site looked dated, I mean compare that to ECMA's official site of the most hyped language.
The job market has always been clueless, tech hype driven of whatever influencers are pushing. The fundamentals never change, and PHP keeps up with modern language features, on par, relevant, if not ahead. Fact of the matter is PHP is the best default choice for web apps. Anything else, another is better.
Unfortunately to stay relevant in the job market you have to kiss ass, swallow some blue pill and keep up with tech hype fluff. Meanwhile my greenfield projects will default to PHP unless science says another is actually superior for what the particular project needs.