Re: [OT] Job hunting
Re: [OT] Job hunting
- Subject: Re: [OT] Job hunting
- From: Charlton Wilbur <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:09:56 -0500
On Mar 22, 2005, at 7:22 AM, Adam Hall wrote:
You NEED more Windows and C++ experience and or Java to earn a living
in IT as a programmer in MOST cases. Just the opinion of someone who
has tried to stay exclusive to a narrow set of technologies and
learned that the rest of the world was out there doing a different
thing :-). If anyone else has experience otherwise, I would love to
hear it, as I always find it inspirational to see the success of
others, such as the recent success of Delicious Monster etc.
While I agree with your basic point -- employment is *always* easier
for a programmer with a diverse skill set, especially if some of the
skills are buzzword-compliant fads, it's entirely possible to make a
good living as a programmer without Windows, Java, and C++ experience.
You just need a different set of currently-popular skills; at the
moment, being able to write good Perl or PHP, plus a good knowledge of
databases, is enough to get you secure employment (modulo the vagaries
of the hiring process).
There seem to be two viable routes for programmers, though. One is to
work in industry, and this one requires knowledge of at least one
current buzzword-compliant language; the other is to work for yourself.
If you have an idea for a brilliant program, write it and release it
as shareware for $15. Once 10,000 people pay for your software, you
get to laugh all the way to the bank at the programmers making only
$65,000 a year. It amazes me how many people use those little $10-$15
shareware utilities and yet completely dismiss them as a viable source
of income.
Charlton
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