> At least here in Europe the word Backend Developer is basically synonymous with PHP Developer.
Pretty much, I've seen PHP powering traditional companies with revenue in the hundreds of millions (approach billions).
Pretty much, I've seen PHP powering traditional companies with revenue in the hundreds of millions (approach billions).
Basically the only two technologies I touch these days are rails and php. I'm not filtering out other tech stacks, these two are just absolutely dominant for this type of company.
The place I'm thinking off that I know uses PHP for everything is a bricks and mortar retailer/manufacturer, I think last time I looked their revenue was ~£500m a year.
Their software was however awful in the worst ways :).