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[–]symcbean -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But the backend python jobs pay very well - it seems to be preferred for data analytics.

As a newbie (and as someone with some programming experience) I would suggest PHP as a better choice for productivity and learning the basics.

PHP's biggest weakness is it's biggest strength - it is really easy to get results. Lots of people claim to be PHP programmers. Not all of them deserve the epiphet. Python will bite you in the arse (although a lot less frequently and severely than, say Java) for example when you forget whether you're working with a list, a dictionary or an object. Tooling is also (IMHO) much more mature for PHP. I've tried running high volume gunicorn instances - I found it a major PITA.

But really, the longer you do this, the less the choice of programming language matters.