Is PHP able to pay the bills?
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Is PHP able to pay the bills?
not yet but almost
Not yet but almost.
I am starting to make some money at it a couple of bucks here and there but since I mostly progam for a start up there isn't much mony to be had yet but soon if every thing keeps falling into place.
I have made more doing free-lance work but not enough yet to live on although that is picking up as well.
I have been at it for 3 years and it has taken that long to be know as a php programmer and that php is a worth will language to use.
I live in a government, tourist town where it really isn't what you know but who you know and it has taken a little while to start and cultivate the right releationships.
My answer would be yes it is possible to make a living as a php programmer but it will depend on a few things.
1)who you know.
2)how goog you are.
3)and probably some luck.
phpScott
I am starting to make some money at it a couple of bucks here and there but since I mostly progam for a start up there isn't much mony to be had yet but soon if every thing keeps falling into place.
I have made more doing free-lance work but not enough yet to live on although that is picking up as well.
I have been at it for 3 years and it has taken that long to be know as a php programmer and that php is a worth will language to use.
I live in a government, tourist town where it really isn't what you know but who you know and it has taken a little while to start and cultivate the right releationships.
My answer would be yes it is possible to make a living as a php programmer but it will depend on a few things.
1)who you know.
2)how goog you are.
3)and probably some luck.
phpScott
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Almost pays the bills. I have a stable job where I don't even get to use PHP (sob) and then I have my job that pays me real money that uses PHP as the base, but also involves MySQL, some scripting languages and of course mark-up languages. So I guess the stable job pays the bills and PHP feeds my media addictions (books, movies, games and music), which can amount to quite a bit more.
I've just started freelancing and I've already got a job that could pay 2 months rent+expenses and it only takes up a week of my time. So the answer to your question is yes, you can live off it.
BTW: By using the term 'live off PHP', it would also include by default using web design skills such as java/html/css/sql,etc..
BTW: By using the term 'live off PHP', it would also include by default using web design skills such as java/html/css/sql,etc..