Given the state of the economy in general and the tech industry and start-ups in particular, I'd say that it's not CF that is doing badly. Even the rent-a-programmer-type sites aren't seeing the traffic they used to.
I know that Local, State, & Federal governments, not to mention non-profits, that were hurting for programmers of all kinds a year ago have stopped recruiting so heavily. Jobs that would sometimes go unfilled for 6-18 months back then and a lot was contracted out. Now, with the tech kill off around DC, open computer jobs in the region are pretty scarce in government and, as a consequence, I've noticed a lot more federal ASP & CF projects being ginned up as those once freelance programmers opt for a regular paycheck. Or, put another way, projects that used to be farmed out or not done at all are now being done in-house. Of course, some of the stuff they want is sometimes pretty arcane and a broad base of knowledge is necessary. Right now I'm busy webifying input and output interfaces for a system that runs MuMPS in the background. Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
