On May 15, 2011, at 3:09 PM, DanH wrote: > A skilled programmer with no Android experience will take about 2 weeks to > begin > earning his keep, and a month or two to become comfortable with the > technology.
Here I tend to have slightly different opinion. While I agree mostly, I've seen following happening (not to forget Nokia made their decision to switch to Windows Phone on pretty much the same reason). Meaning many of the highly skilled software developers I've had pleasure to work with seem to be a bit afraid of Android. There's so huge momentum many seem to think it's difficult to find your place as a senior software developer, architect what so ever, the role you're used to be at, given the fact you have to start everything from scratch. And for many, it's been C/C++ they've been working with. Some of them their whole working career. Now, given Java, not everyone is very much interested in learning it, and explore yet unknown possibilities of Android in general. And if this is the case, I find it very difficult to see who should be considered 'more experienced', the one with enthusiasm or the one with 10+ years of previous programming experience. Granted, it seems to be very difficult to become successful within Android market, and making your living out of it isn't the simplest task one can think of. But still, I tend to think it's better to have too much competition compared to situation where there is no competition at all (this is why I rarely have talks with sales department :). But oh well, back to on-topic, and more specific questions. Just wanted to share my 2 cents. -- H -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
