Herouth Maoz wrote:
Hello, fellow Linuxers. I'd like your advice regarding a job change.
..
I'm basically a PHP programmer, though in the past two years I've been
doing more integration work and problem solving than any web development
..
I can use these 6 months to develop my skills in some other area of
programming, and maybe even get some experience by participating in an
open source project of some kind. What I'd like your advice on is - what
directions are popular, have high demand, and can accommodate a
programmer with lots of general experience, but not particular (other
than the web)? Preferably ones that don't enslave people (no golden
cages for the chance of becoming a millionaire).
If the general web application area suites you, and you don't want to
go all kernel hacking or some such, I'd seriously consider getting into
Python and Django.
Don't be afraid of learning a new language - you wont need to. I'm
writing non trivial Django web applications and I don't actually know
Python (though I'm learning it fast without noticing).
In tandem, start getting involved with the Django project as much as you
can: contribute code, documentation etc.
Since Django is racing towards the 1.0 release (currently in 0.97-pre),
you'll be getting in to in on this project at the best of time: a killer
framework that dwarfs any thing else around in the field (save maybe to
Ruby on Rails), which is already productive but still the best kept
secret of the geeks. Sort of Linux in 2.2 days :-)
If I'd have to bet my career on something in the web area or even
general application development right now, Django would be it.
Cheers,
Gilad
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