Will, I hear your pain on this specific topic. While I don't necessarily agree with your original rant, your concern over employment opportunities is a valid one. You have to put food on the table and you want to do that with what I am assuming is your favorite tool, ColdFusion.
I've made similar comments on here (albeit not disparaging ColdFusion itself) and yes, I too received a nice backlash. It's just part of posting on a list where people truly love the technology. I for one love programming in ColdFusion (going on 6 years now) but I'm also realistic about the tech arena and the fickleness of many companies. After 16 years of doing this, I've gotten used to companies changing direction and products at the drop of a hat. ColdFusion is no exception to this. With that said, it's been stated on numerous occasions by Ben Forta that you have to diversify. If you are solely dependent on CF for your livelihood, you need to retrain yourself. Whether it's Java, .Net, or some open source language you need to take steps to ensure that you have more going for you than CFML. I will continue to use CFML as long as I can because I just love it's simplicity. I'm also smart enough to realize that *IN MY SPECIFIC EMPLOYMENT AREA*, ColdFusion jobs aren't that abundant. So if I plan on continuing to have a successful career, I need to continue to learn. .Net is my chosen route for that, specifically because there are more .Net jobs in my area. So again, I feel your pain man. Don't give up on CFML. Just diversify a little so you don't get blindsided. Rey Bango... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Tomlinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 5:29 PM Subject: Re: CF vs ASP.NET! GET YOUR FRESH POPCORRRRN!! > To everyone that posted to this thread, Forta, Corfield, all the CF'ers > like me. I'm TIRED of seeing a ton of job listings for ASP.NET and a few > for CF!! I'm TIRED of it! What's going on here?? Could someone please > explain this phenomenon to me without discussing irrelevant information! > > If you do nothing else, do this. Go to dice.com, you know the site. > Run a search for "coldfusion"! Here are the results: > > Jobs 1 - 30 of 201 matching your search request. > > Run a search for "ASP.NET". Here are those results: > > Jobs 1 - 30 of 1353 matching your search request. > > Is anyone else getting it other than me??? Stop attacking me and take off > your blinders. > > Watts? Forta? Corfield? Do any of you have an explanation for those search > results?? And I don't want to hear "type in Cold Fusion and you'll get > more results". You get 206 with that one. Whoop dee doo!! > > I'm done! > > Will > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187488 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
