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I worked at a company that had half C#, half PHP developers. The PHP developers ran circles around them both in building features, and in fixing vulnerabilities (I was hired for a reason, legacy code). I can always depend on a PHP developer to outrun anyone else.



By the time a large C# solution finishes compiling, the PHP Dev already started another ticket and is pressing F5 to insta check if his code works so he can move to the third ticket of the day.


This hurts because it’s true and sometimes I’m jealous of the build kids who get to work on tiny features all day while I’m switching back and forth with a browser. I know native has its own challenges (looking at Apple here with the imminent redesign that will stop all product teams in their tracks) but it still doesn’t mean I’m not jealous sometimes




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