Should PHP developers switch to Go or to front-end?

PHP developer career development: Go language or front-end?

The choice of technology stack directly affects the career development of programmers. A senior PHP developer is facing a career transformation choice due to the salary differences in different technical positions within the company: should he turn to Go, or choose front-end development? This article will analyze the dilemma it faces and provide some suggestions.

Current Situation Analysis

The developer found that the company's Android and embedded C developers paid far higher than PHP and front-end developers, and reflected to the leaders the current situation of PHP developers' workload and low salary. The leader's response "PHP is indeed low" strengthened his idea of ​​transformation.

Go Language: Opportunities and Challenges

A resigned colleague who successfully transformed into Go, as well as the growing demand for Go market and relatively high salaries, prompted the developer to consider turning to Go. However, he is worried about giving up the PHP technology stack accumulated over the years and the maturity of the Go language ecosystem. In addition, he also hopes to understand the successful stories of Go language transformation within the company.

Front-end development: a trade-off

Although he is not very willing to switch to the front end, he has three years of front end experience and is familiar with technologies such as HTML, CSS, JS and Vue. Although the front-end technology stack is huge and the learning cost is high, he still hopes to try to create more beautiful web pages. However, he believes that the front-end salary is almost the same as PHP, and his position is slightly lower in the "technology stack contempt chain" (for entertainment only).

Career Planning Recommendations

It is recommended that this developer make choices based on his or her interests and career development goals. If you are more interested in backend development, it is recommended to choose another backend language instead of moving to the frontend. Because the learning cost of backend languages ​​is relatively low and can better utilize their years of backend experience.

It is recommended that he first investigate the local market's demand for different back-end languages, such as Java, which is a good choice.

The current situation of PHP is not optimistic. Although it was once very popular, PHP gradually declined with the trend of separation of front and back ends. Its original design goal was to reduce the cost of web development, which can be seen from its original name "Personal Home Page".

I hope the above analysis and suggestions can help this developer better plan his career development path.

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