On 16/12/2011 12:50 PM, John C Nash wrote: > Job ads reflect present perceived "needs". When I started university, there > were hundreds > of ads for geophysicists. I did chemistry and physics and computational stuff > (there was > no Computer Science yet). When I graduated, there were ads for computer > skills, but > geophysicists were first in the line to serve at the then-relatively-new > McDonalds. > > [...] If I may add my $0.02CAD, I agree with using the best tool for the job, but as an industry consultant, I still get an enormous demand for Java. Furthermore, I noticed that the second most-referenced skill happened to be Android development, which also happens to be (mostly) Java.
Thus, like it or hate it, Java is still very fashionable while C++ (and C) isn't going away anytime soon--I mean, I favourite OS is build mostly on those two languages ;) J-F ps: As for avoiding to work at McDonalds, I think it comes down to marketing you skills more than your diploma. _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
