Re: [PHP-EVANGELISM] Bad rep?

Good observation. I think things are slowly turning in our (php) favor but 
I see the same thing here in the States. Check out php Architect and other 
organizations that are trying to raise the php profile.

john


On Tue, 6 May 2003, Graham Rosser wrote:

> Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 11:24:50 +0100
> From: Graham Rosser <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [PHP-EVANGELISM] Bad rep?
> 
> I don't know if this has been covered before, but it seems to me that
> PHP, despite its widespread use, is very much considered to be a
> "Cinderella" of the modern programming languages.
> 
> How do I know this? Well, looking at the job market in the UK, it seems
> that most, if not all, the people looking for PHP skills (a small, but
> increasing, number) rate the value of those skills at something
> considerably less than basic HTML coding. In fact, if you went for a PHP
> job, you'd probably get better paid for making the tea...
> 
> Certainly, the disparity between the perceived value of PHP skills and
> things like Perl, Java, JSP, etc., is absolutely vast. This applies in
> all sizes of business.
> 
> I find this disconcerting because, as a programmer of some 30 years
> experience, I've adopted PHP in preference to Perl, which I find
> inelegant and quirky, and have used it increasingly in place of Shell
> and C, both of which I consider myself to be above average at coding.
> 
> I'd like to think that, in adopting a language for preference, I wasn't
> being completely daft, that my reasoning was sound and based on the
> qualities that I see in that language.
> 
> Is there someone out there who's taking note of how PHP is perceived?
> Am I wrong in my assessments?
> What can be done, if I'm right?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Graham
> 
> 
> 

-- 
John Lewis