Well said Mike,
There are loads of 40+ great web developers out there, so you are not alone. Regards Dale Fraser From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:cfaussie@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike K Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2014 9:04 AM To: cfaussie Subject: Re: [cfaussie] Are there any mid-snr CF devs left in Australia I'm guessing a lot of us got sick of the daily grind of finding people who would pay for our skills and went off on our own projects. I dont look for contracting work any more - sometimes it comes my way, but I'm just not interested in talking to whippersnappers who think cos i"m over 40 years old I must be stupid and incapable of understanding the interweb. I built my first web site in 1996, and I spend about a third of my time learning, just like everyone else, and I stay up with current techniques, just like everyone else, but unlike the whippersnappers, I have a few miles on the clock and know a bit about how to sell things and communication. But try telling that to someone aged 25 who is barely out of short pants. They rate you on what kind of tie you are wearing at the interview, and ask questions like '.. and where do you see yourself in 5 years?'. Or the total stupido- "what do you think is your weakest quality?" (to which I'm thinking .."Do you want an experienced programmer or dont you? and for how long? months or years? I'm not looking for a career here - just to do the job you want done. When you call a plumber to fix your sink, do you ask him what his career aspirations are?") That's why I'm not in the market any more. I'm still using ColdFusion a lot, and I'm building some pretty sophisticated applications, and maintaining some pretty sophisticated web sites. I cant remember the last time I tried to sell anyone on ColdFusion over other technologies. Few of my clients care a damn. They talk about the end result web site, not the technology used to build it. On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Mark Mandel <mark.man...@gmail.com <mailto:mark.man...@gmail.com> > wrote: On 26/02/2014 7:48 AM, "Dave" <davidame...@gmail.com <mailto:davidame...@gmail.com> > wrote: Hi there, I was wondering if there are any mid-senior level ColdFusion developers left in Australia (specifically, Melbourne). We are finding is really tough to hire people that have written "enterprise" (ie, complex, framework driven) applications. dave -- Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion Enterprise, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET <http://ASP.NET> hosting from AUD$15/month -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com <mailto:cfaussie@googlegroups.com> . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
