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Discussion on: I finished a Javascript bootcamp but got offered a PHP job. Should I accept it?

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David J Eddy

Exactly what Vincent says. Be a polyglot; the more languages you know (and know well) the more valuable you are. It shows flexibility as well as a continued desire to keep learning and stay relevant. Laravel+Vue is very big in the U.S. these days and not going away any time soon.

PHP, at least in recent years, has turned itself around. Dependency management, schedule releases of the language, performance enhancements. On top of the fast that >50% of content sites on the web run PHP in some form.

If IT/CS/programming is what you WANT to do; this is very likely a good start.

If you are interested in learning PHP, reach out to me. In fact I can put you in contact with some very good Laravel people to learn from.