[taway_1212]

This is not entirely true. There are some low-level programmers who say they would gouge their eyes out if they were to work in a typical web dev environment (I'm sure there are also opposite examples). So: personal preferences matter to at least some people.

[jmnicolas]

Honestly I'd fight like a cornered animal before taking any JavaScript or PHP job ... but I'd take it if it's either very well compensated or my only choice.

And I'm 100% sure that after 6 months working with it Stockholm syndrome would kick-in and I'd be happy with it ;-)