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		CuriouslyC on June 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: REST and GraphQL framework to build API-driven pro... 10 years ago, PHP was a good choice for small projects because hosting was much easier and there weren't a lot of cheap outsourced developers for other back-end languages. These days neither of those points is true. PHP developers are cheap because in general they're very junior. Junior Javascript developers are cheap too.

cityzen on June 17, 2019 [–]

if you are still selling work based on language and not solutions then you are still jr level as well.

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