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

Кејтеновиот син ♦ on September 17, 2018

Hi everyone, I am a 26 y/o college dropout from the balkans, currently employed as a 'marketing executive'.(more on this further down). Ever si...
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Vincent Fahrenholz

If the company is to your liking I'd take it too: being polyglot can only give you advantages in the future, and it's not that important which language you do. An interesting domain and a job you like getting to every morning are way more valuable IMO.

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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.

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Dian Fay

I'd take it. PHP experience isn't really going to help you land non-PHP jobs, but there's also Vue in the mix and that's a foot in the door to pure JS. Plan to emphasize that side of it more in your resume when you're looking to move on. You don't have to do everything at once.

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Erkand Imeri

Just go for it. Fundamentally Programming languages are the same. Laravel+ Vue is a good combination, actually a great one. Don't think twice.