I've been "retired" for almost 2 years and I still get offers at least weekly.
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]>wrote: > > To be really honest, I'm almost past the point of caring. I live in one > of the CF Hotbeds, Washington DC and my phone and email are blown up at > least once a day with calls for Senior CF Developers.. there are jobs > out there.. As a matter of fact the company that I work for is actively > looking for ColdFusion developers for a DHS contract... > > I think the biggest naysayers are the body shops who can't find > developers willing to pull up stakes an move half way across the country > for a three month contract. > > Ben Forta said it best, and I'm paraphrasing "As long as CF is > profitable, Adobe will continue to support it". > > In my opinion, I think that we as the community should be more vocal and > not depend on Adobe to market. "Marketing" for PHP, Ruby etc, is driven > by the developer communities why shouldn't CFML be as well.. Maybe, we > should achieve that separation between the language (CFML) and a > particular engine (Adobe ColdFusion), and vocalize the merits of the > language, and let the client dictate the implementation.. > > Also.. we should lay some of this burden at the feet of those involved > with Railo and Open Blue Dragon.... Railo does some marketing but I've > seen very little from the OBD folks... > > all this is just my own opinion, I'm sure there are others > > On 11/20/2012 8:19 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > http://corfield.org/blog/post.cfm/cfml-too-little-too-late > > > > > > > > Did you guys read Sean's latest blog post. > > > > > > > > This would be a good discussion as he does bring up some good > points.though > > I think he was a little overly harsh in others. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.threeravensconsulting.com/> > > > > <http://www.threeravensconsulting.com> Your ColdFusion Development > Solution > > > > > > > > > > Eric Roberts > > Owner/Developer > > > > Three Ravens Consulting > > > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > [email protected] > > <http://www.threeravensconsulting.com> > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > > > > > > > > tel: > > fax: > > > > 630-486-5255 > > 630-310-8531 > > > > > > > > > > > > < > https://www.plaxo.com/add_me?u=34360284618&src=client_sig_212_1_banner_join > > &invite=1&lang=en> Want to always have my latest info? > > > > < > http://www.plaxo.com/signature?src=client_sig_212_1_banner_sig&lang=en> > > Want a signature like this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358691 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
