Re: jobs?
Re: jobs?
- Subject: Re: jobs?
- From: "Shoaib" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 01:07:12 GMT
As a Software Professional who's been working with Java since it's
inception, I took interest in Apple Computers when I first learned that
Apple had a Cocoa Java API. I've always liked Apple Computers but was never
interested in programming on Apple, until Cocoa Java came along. The Cocoa
Java API got me interested in Cocoa, and eventually in Objective C.
Objective-C is a great language, and in some ways superior to Java. Unless
you plan on developing Cocoa applications and selling them (which is what I
did), investing in Cocoa in hopes of getting a job may disappoint you. I
wish there were Cocoa jobs out there, but I haven't seen any. I learned
Objective-C because it allows me to write applications for Apple computers,
something I truly enjoy.
Shoaib
xhead software, llc
http://www.xheadsoftware.com
Sherm Pendley writes:
On Saturday, November 16, 2002, at 12:15 AM, Glenn Howes wrote:
Hi,
I know this is tangential to Cocoa programming, but where exactly do
people find employment doing Cocoa programming?
I wish I knew. :-(
Aren't there supposed to be people doing bioinformatics work on
PowerMacs?
Yes, but that has very little to do with Cocoa. Most of the tools they're
using are command-line and/or X11 apps, and the folks that are using them
aren't, for the most part, terribly picky about interface usability. (If
you're used to using CDE, it can hardly get worse...) So, not a lot of
Cocoa front-ends are being written for that stuff.
I made a conscious decision to learn Objective-C and Cocoa this year,
and I think I've gotten fairly adept, but it isn't helping me get a job.
It's looking more and more like I should have taken up C# or at least
updated my Java skills. I like the Cocoa environment, and would love a
job working in it, but the market seems to be saying otherwise.
I hate to say it, but I agree with you. There aren't many jobs out there -
and we're competing with 15-year NeXT veterans for those. It's
discouraging.
The truth is, though, I'd rather retrain and become a chef than support MS
in any way. Seriously.
sherm--
If you listen to a UNIX shell, can you hear the C?
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