I would definitely tend to agree with you. I also think Adobe has done a very good job of marketing CF and understanding who their customers are and their needs. I just question the reliability of the reasons that Global Knowledge would have CF on such a list. The reason given (searching job boards) just does not pass the litmus test in my mind.
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Andrew Powell <phi1...@gmail.com> wrote: > By analysts' estimates though, that were shown at cf.Objective() there are > close to 800,000 CF developers. This represents a number more than doubled > since CF 6 was released. I think it's safe to say it's not a dying skill. > > > On May 18, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Greg McTure wrote: > > I've seen CF end up on lists like this in the past but I believe CF is more > in demand now. CF skills alone is likely not enough to be highly marketable > but CF combined with Java, SQL, and some solid business analytical or > project management skills should make anyone highly competitive I would > think. > > That said, I really am baffled why some well known (like Global Knowledge) > names common in IT circles continue to list CF as a diminishing skill set. > What do you all think? > > *5. ColdFusion: *ColdFusion users rave that this Web programming language > is easy to use and quick to jump into, but as many other independent > software tools have experienced, it's hard to compete with products backed > by expensive marketing campaigns from Microsoft and others. The language was > originally released in 1995 by Allaire, which was acquired by Macromedia > (which itself was purchased by Adobe). Today, it superseded by Microsoft > .Net, Java, PHP and the language of the moment: open source Ruby on Rails. A > quick search of the Indeed.com job aggregator site returned 11,045 jobs > seeking PHP skills compared to 2,027 CF jobs. Even Ruby on Rails, which is a > much newer technology receiving a major boost when Apple packaged it with OS > X v10.5 in 2007, returned 1,550 jobs openings on Indeed.com. > > >
