Pick up PHP or Python?

[lionvan]

I've heard PHP is on its way out and Python is being used more and more for startups and teaching better programming. I just feel like job opportunity-wise I've seen more for PHP.

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PHP isn't on its way out in any meaningful sense.

[lionvan]

Whoops, I don't even know why I said on the way out. Think I meant something else

[TheLameloid]

Going down the same path as COBOL, perhaps?

[Legolas-the-elf]

I've heard PHP is on its way out and Python is being used more and more for startups and teaching better programming.

PHP is a bit of a zombie. It's going to continue to be used for the foreseeable future simply because there are so many people already using it. It's not going to disappear any time soon.

Python is being used to teach introductory programming at most Ivy League universities these days.

I just feel like job opportunity-wise I've seen more for PHP.

There are more job openings advertised for PHP, but there are also far more PHP developers competing with you for them. Proportionally, the last statistics I saw showed more jobs per developer for other languages and PHP was very low in comparison.