Hm. My coworker does nothing but HTML - with DW as her IDE. And, she actually makes more than I do. Yee ha.
On 7/6/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you're being naïve, but I didn't mean to turn this into a language > battle, which we've all done a million times here. The simple fact remains > that some skills are going to get a job quicker and make more money than > others. I get about 5-10 inquiries per month from recruiters looking to > interview me because of my .NET experience, most of them here in Charlotte. > I've had 1 recruiter in the past 4 months looking for my CF experience. > There's no contest as to which skill gets me a job quicker. Somebody just > talked about the 10 CF jobs in Ohio a few minutes ago. > > And your statements are really, really ridiculous. Find an HTML job and get > paid $10/hr, if you're lucky. Yeah, somebody's got it good making > $50,000/year doing nothing but COBOL, but I but you can't get that job, no > matter how good you are at it. > > > Matthew Small > Web Developer > American City Business Journals > 704-973-1045 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:47 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Here's a depressing little article > > I personally think that is a silly statement. > > I could make a good living right now doing nothing but COBAL. > I could make a good living right now doing nothing but Foxpro. > I could make a good living right now doing nothing but Actionscript. > I could make a good living right now doing nothing but embedded C > programming. > I could make a good living right now doing nothing but HTML. > > I personally don't (currently) want a job doing them. > I also don't want a job doing .net or Java. > > (Of course, I find it useful as a Cold Fusion programmer to be able to > create my own tags using c++ and Java, but the other developers on my > staff can't and are fine without it) > > Jerry Johnson > Cold Fusion Programmer. > > On 7/6/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have no idea what the average CF person pulls in. Somewhere from 70 to > 90 > > I believe. But CF isn't the real breadwinner here, it's .Net or Java. > Not > > to disparage CF, but anybody in Internet programming ought to know at > least > > one of those these days to stay competitive. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163452 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
