Not sure what good a CS degree is these days. Seems like all anybody caress about today is “at least 3 years hands-on experience with xyz and abc” to get hired for stuff.
I read an article today that was saying how Google has been working hard to replace Java in the Android ecosystem with Kotlin. I’m sure Java will be with us a long time, but learning Kotlin could open some doors in the not-too-distant future. Five years later, Google is still all-in on Kotlin https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/18/five-years-later-google-is-still-all-in-on-kotlin/ It’s been just over five years since Google first announced that it would make Kotlin, the statically typed language for the Java Virtual Machine first developed by JetBrains, a first- class language for writing Android apps at Google I/O 2017. Since then, Google took this a step further by making Kotlin its preferred language for writing Android apps in 2019 — and while plenty of developers still use Java, Kotlin is quickly becoming the default way to build apps for Google’s mobile operating system. I suspect that when Google announces the first version of Android written in Kotlin, it will open a huge demand for Kotlin programmers with even 6 months of experience with it. -David Schwartz > On Aug 21, 2022, at 7:08 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > <scroll> > > On 2022-08-19 10:41, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> On Thu, 2022-08-18 at 15:52 -0700, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: >>> David, >>> You provide a bunch to think about. >>> What does this have to do with Linux? We are on a Linux list and I >>> would guess most are not going to retool. >>> I'm 66 and do not think I will retool, so I am looking at some simple >>> things that might make my life better while we enter a period of chaos. >>> I am a PHP programmer and I know less about Linux than I would like to. >>> For me the opportunities have to be in the realm of LAMP/LEMP. >>> PHP is so ingrained that it will be around for decades. Eventually it >>> will go the way of COBOL... AND COBOL is still around. I think a person >>> could make a career being a COBOL developer. >>> So I think the question is what are the opportunities for the Linux >>> admins and the associated technologies? >> What I'm personally doing is developing a Troubleshooters.Com HTML/CSS >> subsite in >> preparation to teach online HTML/CSS classes to people who: >> 1) Understand that HTML, DOM and CSS are the basis of web >> presentation, regardless >> of higher layer tools used, >> 2) Want a teacher instead of just taking a programmed online course, >> 3) Don't want to pay the price of coming to a face to face class. > > Very nice!! Based on what I am reading and hearing I think there will be > continued demand for this type of learning. I think the Universities will > dry up. It might take a while. Looks like a year at ASU is almost $13,000 > https://admission.asu.edu/aid/resident-first-year > <https://admission.asu.edu/aid/resident-first-year> Who can afford that? > > I first looked at college in 1978 and that year it was $275 a semester at the > University of Arizona. I ended up going to junior college and it was $100 my > first semester the spring of 1979. > > By 1990 UofA was just over $1000 a semester. 4 times what it was just 12 > years prior. > > When I was first exposed to programming in 1983 a bachelor's degree was > required to be a programmer. I think that requirement is long gone. I think > employers are looking for just skills. > > I think self study is big today. And if the economy does crash I'm thinking > that the next generation of programmers will be self thought and might just > be more inclined to be using Linux. > > If what I am hearing and reading is that the economy is going to crash and > inflation is going to stay at 10% for the next 10 years, I think the world > will look and feel a lot different 10 or 12 years from now. > > So doing what you are doing, Steve, should pay dividends for years.
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