 So you don't want to waste your time learning PHP. Well, you just write video that may explain This video is brought to you by digital academy You're no more source to learning programming fast and get to that six-figure freelance salary you desire Our courses include our secret project course our freelance Kickstarter our Python course and our interview Programming course and much much more So if you haven't already go ahead and click the link below to get to our free Seven-step freelance guide so that we can help take your career to the next level. I'll see you guys in the course All right guys, you're concerned about learning PHP and are you wasting your time? Well, we're gonna get right into it I got some points here. I wanted to cover with you guys and really kind of cover this problem So let's start with the problem first guys So you can use about which programming language you want to learn you hear a lot of people say learn is learn that and You're just trying to figure out where to start so that you can start learning and get that job You want to make those six figures, but there's so many directions you can go and PHP is one of those program language That actually came up on the radar. You're trying to figure out. Can I learn PHP to really leverage my Skills and get that job that I want so the quick answer guys is yes The takeaway is you can always leverage PHP in the freelance market as far as just word press development All of those freelance areas and plus in the enterprise world you can leverage this as a second language as well I do a lot of C sharp and SQL work, but at the end of the day There are some applications where I use PHP Especially when you start to get in the word press side of things a web development a lot of things on the web Leverage PHP and it's a good language to learn really quick the learning curve is not that bad And that's the really the good way to get started with PHP But before you go just have been on PHP You got to know where PHP fall within the scope of programming in the business world So you can know what language is you need to learn in which situations and also put yourself in a position where if you Want to work at a specific job market, you know, which program language they're looking for and you can know the differences When to use PHP when to use C sharp when to use SQL and that and I got some points here I want to cover with you guys here. So at the end of the day guys I want to start some engagement on this channel Go ahead and tell me about your experience with this problem when you're trying to learn PHP Was it insightful for you? Did it help you go ahead and comment below and let's start a conversation below as far as Just your personal experience with PHP and specifically where you're able to get a job in PHP So comment below also below guys If you haven't already links to my seven-step guide It's gonna help you guys take your career to the next level and really put you in a position So that you can leverage your PHP skills to get a job links are below get that free guide And if you already got that free guide go ahead and try the premium courses as well guys I'm gonna really put you in a position so that you can get those projects and really advance your career and get that six figure salary You deserve so that being said guys Why don't they really kind of get into some detail and kind of make sure not only give you guys some straight points But I also give you guys some insights on PHP and the use cases for it So that you can kind of know when to use PHP when you see sharp vice versa that being said guys I am I'm always trying to figure out Okay, put yourself in the shoes of a junior PHP developer and you're trying to figure out, okay First of all, how do I learn programming as fast and as efficient as possible because a lot of people struggle at the beginning as a Developer just trying to learn and they get intimidated and you want to get past that stage as quickly as possible And you want to learn a program language that allow you to not only learn it fast But be able to create projects and feel good about yourself and get into the job market and be able to be a productive software developer PHP is that language guys, especially compared to other Low-level languages is very easy to get started. You got a lot of a big huge community The learning curve is really good As far as just in the freelance world You can use something like cPanel and Wordpress and Juma and so many other programs sugar CRM To really kind of figure out how to build those projects and be a successful developer PHP developer The problem come in at guys is actually when you start to get in the enterprise world especially in certain segments when you start to deal with CRM's and more the enterprise application they tend to lean To the C-sharp's and the Java's like Salesforce I think it's at apex which is kind of like a version of Java And then you start to get in the Microsoft world with the C-sharp's and the Microsoft Dynamics and all that as well Then if you go on the OS level or lower level language You just start to get into the OS the C plus plus the C's and things like that and you tend to wonder Well, do I really want to learn PHP or do I want to stick with one or the other? And I want to let you guys just give you more insights on how to pick a program language better and where PHP lives in that scope so first off if you're dealing with any kind of web development, especially when it comes to Like automating things on the web development doing calls API things like that PHP is good for that kind of stuff It lives along with a lot of JavaScript HTML CSS now a lot of Back-end programming languages leverage it as well, but especially in the web development world If you're doing anything WordPress, that's the first place you go any extensions to it any integrations automatically over PHP sugar CRMC That's where things start to get great Once you go beyond the web development and that's when you start to get into that hybrid mode Just say if you work for a company that leverage C-sharp and SQL and you wondering right What is anybody gonna be doing in a C-sharp and SQL world with? PHP well, I Work in those environments and a lot of those people leverage WordPress leverage online things like a idea perfect example You got people who love to use the Google Analytics tracking things like that to integrate with their Or Salesforce CRM's and things like that PHP does a wonderful job of integrating between the two If you know that program language you can use Python and others JavaScript as well But just like all the others you can use PHP as well And those are just a few things you can do to really leverage your existing PHP skills I had a guy one time before that Started with PHP I started with PHP before I start to get into a sequel like I started with the Lambda stack PHP my SQL and I got into SQL which is Microsoft SQL and then kind of got into C-sharp after that But I still to this day all of my stuff that I use for my website and a lot of stuff that I use for my personal stuff It's all well mostly written PHP not all of my website PHP A lot of the back-end processes are also you leverage PHP as well C-pound all the applications on there Most is gonna be PHP So it was a really good chance that you can still leverage PHP and get some very good projects out of it But at the end of the day guys, I could sit here and chirp all day about PHP But like I was saying before I Want to make sure you engage as well just trying to figure out How to get more developers involved I think I really feel like PHP is one of those languages that you can start with Along with Python along with JavaScript a lot of the front-end GUIs Those are really good languages to start with so I always recommend them But you got to know where that place is and the job market and the business so that you can also know when to start to Switch or pivot to start leveraging C-sharp SQL versus my SQL and PHP So guys at the end of the day We want to make sure that we pick one program language learn net Learn the fundamentals loops arrays All that stuff learn how to navigate code read code Be able to know how to go in and change clothes Code without breaking it know how to comment the basics then jump into projects guys jump into real-world projects You know when you're training you had to calculate apps all that stuff to kind of learn with the How to navigate code and all that but you quickly want to get into to those business projects So that you can put those projects on your portfolio and put you in a position to win guys So at the end of the day Want to do that you can always leverage PHP as a second language and you'll be good to go a lot of you developers Or just get to start it man. I can only imagine coming in today Trying to get a job as PHP developer in a freelance world. You can do that all day long and Get those jobs online remotely Upwork freelance up work elance all the online platforms. They love that kind of stuff But once you start to get into some of these corporate environments, they they still think PHP is used for the I would say It's not a scalable language It's not an enterprise level language But PHP has come a long way, especially the newer version of PHP You can do just as much as in PHP than C sharp, you know It's just you know Just matter of perception at this point in my mind and tools that are available on an enterprise level especially since Oracle Kind of bought out my SQL and then it's Inherit a lot of the PHP code that supports the my sequel infrastructure It just makes it that much better guys So like subscribe to the content if you haven't already go ahead and check out my seven step gap below I'll put a link on the screen here Go check that out check out my premium courses and also tell me your experience about PHP. Are you struggling? Are you learning? Let's go ahead and comment below like subscribe to the content again Here it is. 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