It maybe depends on what way somebody looks at themselves as well, since you've got to sell yourself for any
potential job?
I'd consider myself an OO developer/engineer/consultant first and
foremost, and then the language becomes a
secondary issue. I write my CV/resume with
that in mind. It maybe also helps me to have a reasonable range of languages (Delphi, Java, VB6, VB.NET & C#)
as keywords in my CV as well.
IMHO it's mainly syntax that differentiates between Java & C#, and
maybe Delphi too. Having a rough idea
about the contents of the class libraries
for each language helps, and after that, it's really up to me to decide
on the trade-off between a particular job
on offer and the remuneration.
Maybe having skills such as UML or OOA&D, or knowledge of things like
Design Patterns & Unit Testing, etc
helps reduce the influence that knowledge of a
particular language maybe has on the salary on offer?
Cheers,
Conor
From
our experience (we are doing Delphi / Java / C# / C / Open Road development)
there are more competent Java programmers in the market than Delphi, but they
ask a lot more. As C# is still in its infancy there are few experienced
developers around, but a lot of wannabes.
We
are only using C# as Delphi.Net is still 6 months away - I don't see any real
advantage in the language over Delphi yet apart from the .Net access and good
training resources.
One
of the main issues of Java is that there are many subsets - Swing, servelets,
JSP, J2EE, .... and we find many candidates don't have relevant
experience.
There seems to be a general shift to Java as the teaching language of
choice with a couple of notable exceptions teaching in Delphi. A few
institutions still teach in C++.
The
employment agencies put an intermediate Delphi programmer about $45K and Java
& C# $55K, though I have little faith in their figures. I
suspect that they devalue Delphi candidates due to the small number of Delphi
software houses, but this may change with the flood of Java expertise that
seems to be coming from Europe and the US.
Personally I still favour Delphi as the language of choice, but I am
biased.
Stephen
Hi
The .net email list has just had
a discussion on VB.NET versus C# and the merits of each. An interesting
comment was that the perception (by those employing) is that C# programmers
are better trained, better programmers and that VB is a toy language. The
result is that C# programmers get paid more than vb.net programmers even
though both languages can do essentially the same things. Perception is
everything when it comes to dollars in the bank.
My question - what is the
perception of Delphi in the
market place? How do employers rate it when compared to other languages? And
does it pay better or worse than other languages? Will Octane improve this -
would hope so. I've personally had the impression that Delphi is not widely
used in NZ and that the sites are few and far between - is this a correct
perception - are Delphi programmers in the minority when compared to Java,
c# and vb.net? Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Sometimes specialization
in something used less, can pay more (if the work is around), as there are
less people competing for the work.
Any thoughts?
Dave
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