Current PHP Developer on Job Experience .

The interview process is going to vary depending on the company and specific type of PHP project you are working on. Typically whenever I have interviewed for a job, I'll get asked certain questions starting with the basics like the difference between a class or method, sometimes having to write up a quick code example on a whiteboard. A couple of times I wasn't really asked much because they looked at my portfolio and could see examples of my work on github or other place.

My typical day to day depends on the projects I am assigned. Since I work for a typical agency, a lot of what I do is WordPress but we do also build custom CMS sites, and I am also currently working on an internal project using Angular. I'll do new website builds and spend a week or two only working on one site, while other days I'll be updating code to add a new feature or patch a bug. What you are working on will greatly depend on the type of agency/company you work for. A few years ago I worked for a large ecommerce company that sold home decor and a lot of what I do was hacking X-cart to the point it was practically it's on CMS (it was the older SMARTY version which is an old PHP template engine). I'd add new features, do database maintenance, but I did IT work there too.

I think that the market for PHP devs is still pretty good, but I wouldn't focus solely on that because projects are getting bigger and bigger and most jobs are starting to expect solid knowledge of the front-end stack as well as server side stuff. PHP isn't in as bad of a spot as it was years ago, especially in the WordPress arena (I know someone is groaning somewhere about mentioning WP).