Or better still learn Flex/Air. Look at upcoming technologies where the number of skilled individuals is low.
Don't go down the "I'll learn Java route" because honestly you need 3+ years commercial experience. Ravi Gehlot wrote: > Dave, > > As we all know the economy is not doing so well. It does not matter > how much one can say that it is unfair to blame the economy (as I have > heard) but there have been many job cuts. Many programmers are out of > their jobs because either companies are afraid to expand or just don't > have the money to hire more work force. So there are fewer jobs and > there will be even more cuts as the next president tries to fix this > mess that the current president left (lets not get into politics here). > I will give you an example, about 2 to 3 years ago, I used to search for > CF jobs on monster.com and I would often get impressed with the amount > of available positions that that search used to return. It felt like > employers were seeking candidates at all times and everywhere. If you > try to do a search now, you will not get many jobs. You try to contact > the fewer ones left and they are already interviewing 3 to 5 other > candidates for that spot. > Here is what I recommend you. Do not get stuck with just one > language. Regardless of its popularity, try to learn another skill. For > instance, for as much as people complain that PHP is nothing but a mess, > it is the one that offers the most jobs. If you know PHP really well > chances are that you will find a job somewhere or even an outsourced > position (Yes, people also outsource jobs to the U.S.). > I am have been trying to learn Ruby and PHP. Why not? > > > Always remember: "Don't let others say you can't do just because they > can't do it" > > > Good Luck, > Ravi Gehlot. > > > >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> >>> My job will be ending sometime next year due to a merger. I'm a Senior >>> level CF Developer with 10+ years experience. I am wondering what the job >>> market is looking like out there for us senior type CF developers with the >>> economy the way it is here in the US. >>> >>> >>> >>> What I'm concerned about most that I see is more job descriptions asking for >>> mid-level and junior developers, and lower salaries for those as well. I'm >>> wondering if I might have trouble finding a job when the time comes because >>> my salary demands would be too high and/or the employer would rather pay >>> someone a lower salary for less experience, thinking they are getting the >>> same efficiency. >>> >>> >>> >>> Please share whatever your thoughts are on this topic. I think this thread >>> will be useful for anyone visiting it in the next 12-18 months, so let's >>> really try to provide some good 'intel', if you will on the 'near future' CF >>> market. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> Dave Phillips >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4144 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
