I'll throw in my $.02 here...
 
I am using CF in my current job... we also use XML, PeopleSoft, SQLServer 2000 and a little ASP. I don't have much to do with the ASP stuff, but might get more involved as time goes by.
 
I know that Sprint uses CF (internally at least), as well as Hallmark, the USDA, Union Station/Science City and Jack Henry. Those are the ones that I can remember off the top of my head... I know there is also a mortgage company or two in town that are using CF, but I can't remember the names off the top of my head.
 
My current project is fairly diverse. Primarily I am doing an e-commerce site, but that includes an integration with PeopleSoft and also Good mobile devices (kind of a fancy alternative to Blackberry). I will also be doing some intranet work for them.
 
That is my full time job for Shorr Packaging Corp. out of Aurora, IL (and I will be moving up there next month). I also do freelance work where I can find it -- here in KC and all around the country. The freelance work is more contract based, and most of the stuff I have found in KC has been contract, but, as I mentioned above, my current job is full-time with full benefits.
 
I, too, learned CF trial-by-fire. They basically handed me the Ben Forta CF 3.0 book and said here is the site, here is the book, have fun. It took me a little under a month to pick up enought that I felt I knew what was going on and to be comfortable starting to write production code for the site (This was with a computer-supply catalog company in 1998).
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Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:54 AM
Subject: [KCFusion] OT Chatter

Here are some questions that might get some chatter going...
 
How many people are actively using Cold Fusion in their jobs?
What companies in KC use Cold Fusion?
What kind of a project are you currently involved in? 
Are you involved in multiple projects at the same time?
Are CF jobs usually temp/contract work or are the jobs full time/full benefits kind of work?
How did you learn CF?
 

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