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Originally Posted by GeXus
The only reason .NET tends to have higher rates is due to government contracts. Any company that is a pure PHP shop or .NET shop, will pay equally well for developers. Even the government is starting to use open source (PHP) for certain projects (LOC)... It's only a matter of time for people to realize that what can be done in 8 hours in .NET, can be done in 4 hours in PHP and done better.
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You should take a look at the jobs section on craigslist if you seriously think that government is the only industry adopting and embracing .NET.
The simple fact is that as just a PHP developer you don't bring much to the table for a company. Whereas a .NET developer can build the backend systems, client applications, etc, while a PHP dev is limited to the simple job of frontend web development, which is typically much easier. Ergo, high salaries for people who do more difficult work.
And I'd love for you to give me an example of something that would take 8 hours in .NET but only 4 hours in PHP.