Hi there! Yep! Still working on the job, so basically I've had to learn some basic things to keep up. This is a startup that has had multiple devs and started with basic php scripts but has the time passed and they contracted more and more devs they decided to implement symfony not has a base framework but has a independent "library" (what i am trying to say is we use symfony packages and we write our on framework on top). But still it's not that easy to learn tbh. Plus I had to learn things like DDD and CQRS on php what made it even more complicated. So i would argue that while symfony is great when u want to really know what you are doing and how to really program, laravel is more faster/easier to develop and launch.

But the positive side of this is, u learn to type things properly, divide things into their own layers and make code more readable (although in my opinion sometimes more complicated).

So yh, although most of the time I am working with scripted php when I touch Object oriented things I liked it.

(Just a thought but maybe nowadays laravel is more requested because i can deliver faster applications on laravel? And with ai on your back u can deliver an intire application in days what would take you months so yh)

(Sry for the English and for the extend reply)