>>16
Suck a dick.
I've seen job listings for junior Ruby web dev for $10/hr and personally have seen clients use internships as opportunities to run college kids into the ground stress-wise. One client showed me a craigslist job response where the applicant volunteered to build a complete Wordpress ecommerce site for free. That's often what the competition looks like and that's why you take the money when it's there.
Employers are by no means innocent. Outsourcing exists. Salary slave jobs exist. Most of the time, you didn't even choose the language the site runs on. Real-world coding isn't always pretty, and often falls under the "FAST, CHEAP, & GOOD - Pick two" rule.
PHP is either going to unfuck itself or be replaced. Until then, who gives a shit? I know I can eventually code well in any high-level language for a decent wage.