What did Kevin say earlier? Nail. Head. Whack. That's two for you. In the same thread.
We live and work in a rapidly changing world. If you don't keep up with it, you're going to be left behind. That's true for any job, any technology, anywhere. In the business world, as a techie, you're doing yourself a disservice by not being willingly eager to learn the new technology, no matter what it is. There are many reasons that a business may need to change technologies, and as techies, we need to be willing to go along with it, unless and ONLY unless you can absolutely say that the change is going to be a disaster. For web applications, this is not the case with a change to either .NET, Java, or even a change to ColdFusion. The only way I made it to my current position was because I was willing to learn new skills to either achieve the goals of my boss or needed to in order to make something work. New technologies are the right thing to do, always. You always benefit. When ever you learn new stuff, you win. My CF skills got me almost nowhere, but not because CF is bad, but because it was about all I knew, and there just weren't that many jobs available. Getting hired as a tech guy, you want to have as much exposure to everything as possible. - Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:28 AM Subject: RE: Why is coldfusion better. > Well, maybe, but then the next question comes in. > > Take two programmers, one that knows CF but not .NET, and one that knows > ..NET but not CF. > > I like CF, it is great for a lot of things. There are a lot of things it > isn't great for. > > But what hurts the pro CF side by saying that .NET doesn't have this, or > Java doesn't have this isn't going to win any arguments. They all have > the same stuff. You know more about using CF, so you can do it faster in > CF. Somebody else knows more about Java, so they will do it faster in > Java. > > I've seen many people stick to one language, and work themselves right > out of a job. ColdFusion people, VB people, and just about every other > programmer that has clutched to one language. > > Have you ever written code in C#? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194205 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
