The original post: /r/php by /u/genericsimon on 2024-10-02 13:10:40.

Sorry for this long post. I’m not really asking for anything or offering something useful either. I guess I’m just looking for a bit of motivation.

I’m currently working as a DevOps engineer in a big corporate environment, and I hate my job. It’s soul-crushing and draining, though my colleagues are great, which is the only upside. Recently, I started learning PHP and JavaScript. It’s not because I want to switch from DevOps to web development, but because I needed something new to learn that wasn’t related to my job. I still enjoy IT and want to stay in the field, but I also wanted to gain a skill that could be useful for making my own projects in the future.

Honestly, I can’t even say why I picked PHP. I’m not great at coding. I can write some simple Python scripts or work with other languages if needed for my job, but that’s about it. I bought a course and have been working through it for the past week or two. I have to say, I’m really enjoying it, and I know that’s the most important thing. But, I keep getting distracted by what others say about PHP. I know it’s considered an old language now, and I find myself wondering if I should be learning something else, like Go, which might be more useful for my DevOps work—even though I dislike my job.

So that’s where I’m at right now. I think I just need to stick with my choice, especially because I’m genuinely enjoying building a website with PHP and JavaScript. I’m already thinking about my own web project. I just need to understand a few more things, and then I’ll be ready to dive into building something on my own.

How do you all handle this kind of situation? How do you stay committed to PHP when there are so many trendy new languages and technologies?