PHP at the very bottom?

Discussion in 'Programming' started by astrazone, Oct 12, 2009.

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    I heard from many people that web development is at the very bottom of programming, and C++,C, C sharp coders are at the top and they get much more money.

    Is that really true?!
     
    astrazone, Oct 12, 2009 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    It all depends on how good you are more than anything.
     
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    crivion Notable Member

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    yeah its defo at the bottom
    c & java are the best paid from programming niche
     
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    camjohnson95 Active Member

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    C# can be used for web development with ASP.NET
     
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    orionoreo Peon

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    for me it depends on where you are and where you're planning to work... there are some high paying web development job
     
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  6. astrazone

    astrazone Member

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    I mean in total I am not talking about some people that sometimes pay good money for some developers.
    and as I see in total its better to learn C.

    thats just what I think.
     
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    Pudge1 Well-Known Member

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    You can make quite a bit of money just designing basic sites with HTML/CSS. If you are going into programming I would recommend C or Java but if you are leaning more towards websites I would say learn HTML/CSS and then JavaScript/PHP for the sites' necessary functions.
     
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    AstarothSolutions Peon

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    I wouldn't argue a difference between web programmers and desktop programmers salaries when the two are tackling something of equal complexity.

    The reality is that there are a mountain of low level PHP programmers that can do simple sites and are good enough for the majority of SME's requirements. When the market is flooded with people willing to do a job the money naturally goes down. There really isnt an equivilent in the desktop programmer world. There arent people who download an open source script, try and botch a few changes into it, create a new look to the front end and then sell it as their own application.

    You potentially have also got to ask the life expectancy of desktop applications given the increasing moves towards thin clients and call centres running everything via web servers.

    Excluding the anomily of PHP, which tends not to be used in the corporate world much anyway, then many languages has online and offline roles - C#/ VB/ J# etc can all be used for .Net and ASP.Net, Java can be used in JSF or desktop applications etc etc
     
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    If you've got the ability to learn PHP then learning C shouldn't be too difficult.
     
    dafty, Oct 15, 2009 IP