These languages you are referring to are at least consistent. PHP's only consistency is knowing your going to have to look up what ever method you want to use because there isn't a real naming convention, or even parameter ordering. The other horror of PHP is they throw in features to try to make it look like it has features other languages have. It's like someone says, hey that popular, lets throw it in PHP. Then they do a horrible implementation of it. (See namespacing, PHP OO, etc) Much like basic once had, the only thing it has going for it is its ubiquity.

No excusing PHP. No pretending its just as bad as any other language. It is a horrible nightmare to work with.

Wake me when they decide to not care if it breaks existing php implementations and do some real clean up on the language. They keep adding features to the language and don't remove any of the garbage.

You're obviously unaware of how much nurses make. Teacher's are well paid if you look at hourly and benefits. So, not quite the comparison your trying to make. I don't see how this is "Amis".

The car will now require an always on connection to work.

I'd bet, 39-63% of the class was too lazy to drop out. I bet some forgot they were even in the course.

That fair if your company doesn't have in house developers or your developers are completely saturated in projects. Otherwise you are most likely wasting time and money on something that can be developed quicker, be better maintained, and less error prone through other solutions.

Point and shoot seemed like a better comparison being that there targeted to everyday consumers where DLSRs are targeted to pros and enthusiast. It seems in relation to the topic it would be like the point and shoots are consoles where DSLRs are like Gaming Desktops. Which, in thinking about it, he does have a good point. The point and shoot market suffered from phone cameras.

No, your situation isn't rare. It's just what happens when you get older. You have a lot less interest in video games. By the way, I think you mean point and shoot, not DSLR.

Simular situation here. Working for a small company where you feel like you make a difference. Could move or commute to a bigger city to work for a bigger company for double, but when you already have everything you want - satisfying job with excellent work life balance, nice home, stuff ... - there is little desire to find bigger bucks.

1) there are no rules. 2) when you better not do anything remotely distracting otherwise you are a hypocrite In fact, if you are doing anything other than keeping your hands at 10 and 2 and only have your eyes on anything other than whats in front of you or your mirrors, then you are doing something "dangerous". Please tell me exactly where to draw the line as to when an activity while driving is too big of a risk. I think voice texting is a small risk that I would hardly consider dangerous.

Loose your job and you'll see what it does for you. It's a great place to find people you use to work with to network a new position. Also, its a great job lead source, there are recruiters looking for people on the site all the time.

Really? I enjoy Ubuntu. I would recommend it in a hot second. There is so much community support out there you can google any problem and find a walk through. It's popular enough that most new application target it to make sure it works.

Well I can reduce one for you. Bootstrap isn't a cms. Its a UI framework (all css and javascript) that helps you get up and running quickly. The other CMS's are fine if you already know them and can work within their scope of how they intend people use them. You tend to start fighting the system soon as you do something out of their examples. If you have a small and modest website why do you think you need a cms?

Download a file that looks like pirated material but isn't. Maintain the proof. Get the fine. Take ISP to small claims court. Since they're a corporation they have to hire a lawyer and there out a lot of money.

I worked with someone that was in the same boat as you. By the time I met him he was with the company for 5 years, and at that time he was a lead developer. So it can happen. That persons coding skills weren't the biggest asset to the company either. He had a really good work ethic and could organize work and teams well.
Here is a tip. Get your hands dirty with code right away. You need to know if its something that you really like doing, because if you're not passionate about it you'll give up soon. Your nights and weekends need to be filled with research. So, pick a project, and start. See if you can find a mentor or maybe someone at slashdot can suggest a good project/tutorial to get you started.