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What if you love working with php and when you start working in other languages you start noticing shortcomings that have been solved in php?

Let's say you wanted to jump into golang. It is easy enough to learn but you are forced into structuring your app a certain way. You lose some joy you had with php. How do you deal with those feelings?

Historically it was widely believed on here that php lost the race to Ruby/rails but fast forward and Ruby has grown out of fashion and a php developer is more employable.

React has the most job postings but most of them are frontend jobs. Comparing php to node jobs is probably a better match for a backend developer.

Most jobs are trending for python this year. Different types of companies use python. Typical startups may use it as a replacement for php but others may be more interested in unlocking ml. That complicates that stack.

One thing is to consider is culture . Moving from php into a different stack usually means a different culture. Chances of bigger teams, daily standups.. bigger orgs.

Let's say you decide to switch to React how would you leverage 20 years of php experience into a React position?