[hiAndrewQuinn]

Don't laugh. I am really, really excited about Bash and vanilla PHP.

I landed myself in a shop that sells, essentially, tiny locally-networked systems of specialized Linux boxes. Yes, our core offering is running on the JVM, but all along the edges there is just so much Bash and PHP.

I don't think I'll ever work in a place again where I have this much opportunity to become a genuine old school shell and webshell wizard again. I want to master the Primordial Arts, their endless exceptions to exceptions, and come out the other side as a true master of something completely fucking ridiculous.

I did it once with Microsoft PowerShell. I can do it again.

[owenpalmer]

I once pair programmed (w/@tobinfekkes) a file browser in PHP and bash. PHP would receive the request, exec some bash scripts to cd and ls it's way around the server, then it would output those file names as html buttons to a web page. It was a fun. Bash and PHP are the frowned upon bastard step children of programing languages, but somehow I wish I had your job

[throwaway38375]

Sounds like a dream come true! Any jobs going?

[hiAndrewQuinn]

Maybe, if you're able and willing to move to Finland!

Pay is probably under 50k a year though. Can't win em all.

[throwaway38375]

Thank you, but I'm afraid I can't move.

I'd love to hear more about the product though! Without giving too much away, what does the product/company do? :)