Honestly, at least in government, the jump is very obvious. There will be legacy apps around for decades but the move to new development in C# is huge.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:48 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Making the jump > > Good point. I'll dig into it. > > > > >You should make the time to download the sample apps from www.asp.net and > >muck with them. You can use the free MS ASP.Net IDE (Web Matrix or Studio > >Express???) > > > >Its worth the time invested, even if it's only an hour or two a nite and > >weekends. > > > >Duane > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:28 AM > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: Re: Making the jump > > > >>Sorry to hear that... how long is the commute? > > > >53 miles which on a good day takes an hour. Throw in a breakdown or > >accident, double that. If I leave 5 minutes later than usual, add 15 > >minutes. The worse part is the gas price. I only get 16 miles to the > >gallon in my truck and the wife's car has 200,000 miles. > > > >>.NET is the way to go for job security. > > > >I'm seeing that, but lack the time and cash to learn it. I'm hoping to > find > >an employer who will send me to some training. > > > >>What kind of skills do you have in networking? > > > >I have always been an IS generalist with networking and PC support. I > have > >done LAN/WAN design, can subnet with a little refreshing, configured and > >administer firewalls (FW-1 and a Linux packet filtering thing I wrote in > >PERL 10 years ago) and can run Cat-5 cables. I just don't know how to > punch > >down cables in a block. I knew Cisco IOS on a Catalyst 2924 switch, but > no > >router work. I have done desktop support as an ancillary job requirement > >for 8 years now and directly for 5 years before that. > > > >> What about programming > >>experience besides CF? > > > >I'de be an excellent FORTRAN programmer with a little refresher time. I > can > >also handle COBOL, but never programmed directly in it. I haven't > touched > >either in 10 years. I know ASP Classic to get by and PHP to muddle my > way > >through. It's all procedural, so I can handle it. I can muddle through > >PERL and have created a few applications by modifying someone else's code > to > >fit my needs. I also wrote C-Shell scripts many years ago. > > > >I am self taught on some minor C++ and Java. I just haven't done much UI > >design since most of my non-web proramming work was on mainframes and > >computers (not PCs the big guys). > > > >> > >>- Matt > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208171 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
