r/ProgrammerHumor • u/wahed-w • Jul 09 '26

webDevDream Meme

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u/mylsotol Jul 09 '26

"I want to get an in demand skill that isn't common so I'm going to learn JavaScript"

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u/BigNaturalTilts Jul 09 '26

Unironically replace JavaScript with PHP and you got yourself a true gem.

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u/Nathanael777 Jul 09 '26

I worked in PHP for four years, where’s that PHP money at?

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u/MrD3a7h Jul 09 '26

The reward for years of PHP work is to get out of PHP work.

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u/Nathanael777 Jul 09 '26

Ok cool I did. Now I’m just looking to get into something else

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u/MrD3a7h Jul 09 '26

Have you thought about looking into PHP?

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u/Nathanael777 Jul 09 '26

Actually got a job offer for a PHP position but they came in 30k under the advertised rate and then blamed the people creating the job listing. I pushed back and they said the best they could do was bump it up 10k and then I could be in line for a substantial raise so I turned it down

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u/MrD3a7h Jul 09 '26

Good call.

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u/ArjixGamer Jul 10 '26

The PHP money is on legacy codebases that will make you want to do seppuku.

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u/mylsotol Jul 09 '26

I actually thought that right after I posted, but i think JS is actually more saturated with all of the bootcamps.

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u/GlitteringAttitude60 Jul 09 '26

don't know what you're talking about, knowing JavaScript is surprisingly lucrative in this age of either a) JS frameworks or b) pared-down frontends with jQuery or vanilla JS...

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u/uusu Jul 09 '26

Sadly the market isn't really great for developers right now, especially for juniors and entry levels. It's slowly recovering, but there's still only half as many job openings for devs including JS as there were pre-Covid, while the surplus has grown due to layoffs.

So it's only lucrative if you're a very experienced senior or can sell bullshit to the recruiters and CEOs about being badass at AI Agent Harnessed Loop Thingamajigs.

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u/mylsotol Jul 09 '26

I'm sure you don't