Except that when i try to get people to convert from PHP or .Net, i.e. give CF a go, the usual response is that they usually have MORE than enough work already in either of those, and lack time to go learn another language. I have even brought non Native CF-ers to the CF8 launch with the Vic CFUG. And they charge anywhere between 60-120 per hour and have full time jobs as well as projects on the side.
Its abit of a chicken and egg, lack of developers = lack of noticeable presence = management not choosing to do projects in CF because of lack of developers = no one training new CF developers, etc etc etc... and round and round it goes... Personally I am already seriously considering taking up PHP again, but that is a long way off(at least 6 months before I have to seriously consider change jobs), still struggling to find time as it is to learn and practise Flex on my own time. And truth be told if I decided what language to use for any Projects it will probably be CF backend and Flex frontend, but as it stands it is more practical to be known for doing PHP backend and Flex frontend, due to lack of jobs/presence for CF and that is the plain truth. Just have a look at how many jobs are listed for CF each month (and actually try to guess whether its the same jobs you saw last week/month), there are not many if any new jobs. And not many, if any new development studios will pick CF as one of their primary development language. Even 2 months back when i was exploring other job opportunities the pickings were slim, and still are. Just did it to find out what people were looking for, and what people thought CF was going, and what I can reasonably ask for in terms of pay at my current job. The above qoute should read "its my career, Adobe's Technology"... anyway as a rule i think it will be beneficial for all web developers to know other languages... even if only to read and translate open source solutions into your own projects. PS: I don't like both Adobe and MS equally, and I believe competition is good. Keeps all involved honest and continuously innovating. Just my 2 cents, Chong On Apr 14, 2:48 pm, "barry.b" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Can I just second Gary's call to get out there in > the community - it's YOUR technology, YOUR career. " > > well, it took 100+ posts to come around to this being the best way to > shut up the doom-sayers (inc recruters may have assumptions we all > disagree with) .... > > but we got there in the end. > > here endith the lesson. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
