Scott, I agree with what you wrote. The original poster seemed to be asking the question from an employment standpoint. As I wrote earlier, anyone is capable of learning anything, but having the ability to learn a skill and actually possessing that skill are different states and have different values to an employer. Most employers want someone who can be productive in their first week, not someone who needs to be sent off to a training class shortly after being hired.
Based on his other recent posts, I don't believe the original poster is a computer programmer looking to learn a skill. I believe he is looking for programmers to hire. If this is the case, as others have already suggested, hiring a Java programmer, sending that person to a couple Fig Leaf classes to learn CF, then pairing that person with an experienced CF developer for their first project would be a good way to address the current shortage of good CF programmers in various regions. Rhode Island (where the OP is), is not a hotbed of CF talent, but it is surrounded by some of the world's best universities that pump out a fresh crop of Java programmers every year. -Mike Chabot On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 5:46 AM, Scott Brady <dsbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > FWIW, I don't think it's that easy to become a "good" CF developer, either. > Yes, it's very easy to learn the language and it's easy to become > "competent" at it (i.e., being able to build something that works). But to > actually be "good" (best practices, advanced topics, etc.) isn't > necessarily > simple. In fact, because it's so easy to get up and running, in some ways, > that might make it harder to become really good, because you don't need to > in order to get things done. > > Java is definitely much more complex -- especially for people just getting > started -- and more powerful. But, I believe that if you're someone who is > actually good at CF (i.e., you're actually a developer rather than a > coder), > you can learn Java. > > Scott > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Mike Chabot <mcha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I was saying the original statement is false since I would never > trivialize > > the effort needed to become proficient in Java. Becoming a good Java > > programmer is not "easy," as the original statement was implying. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345481 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
