Is PHP able to pay the bills?

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do you make money programming PHP?

Poll ended at Mon Aug 11, 2003 6:14 am

yes, with PHP- only programming
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50%
yes,...in combination with other languages
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31%
nope, just nuts about it
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13%
nope, ....other programming languages not PHP
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No votes
non of the above plz specify in thread
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6%
 
Total votes: 16

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Is PHP able to pay the bills?

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:arrow: just wandering.........
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Post by patrikG »

PHP pays my bills and is paying for my studies as well.
Why shouldn't it? It's a very powerful and, to me, fascinating language. It's free which is an reason that even MS-dominated corporate UK starts to see as a huge benefit = more work :)
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PHP has never given me a penny, though I don't ever really ask.. :)
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Well, you always have to use PHP with other languages, like SQL, HTML, etc. Well, you don't have to, but for the most part, you do.
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PHP pays my salary as well as thousands extra a year in freelance work. It made me create the topic, the power of a book. Amazing how learning something can turn into a career so quickly
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Post by qads »

hmm..pay the bills? you got to be jokeing, with php i have so far got:
- new computer
- PS2
- Games
- Computer hardware
- snooker cue
- uh..girlfriend? :lol:

its a very good way to make money..but i won't say it is easy, you have to be good to earn money...so don't quit your day job! :twisted:
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not yet but almost

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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
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Post by trollll »

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.
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Post by m3mn0n »

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..
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yes
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