One thing that experience tends to bring is a broader understanding of things that are more peripheral to CF itself - SQL (especially in terms of a specific RDBMS, or wider experience with multiple), network and server configuration, JavaScript/DOM, etc.
A developer's willingness to learn new and different things is the most vitally important thing though - I have worked with extremely eager, curious developers who gain a very broad, and deep knowledge in a short time (a couple of years), and some who have a lot of experience, but stopped learning past the "make stuff work" stage. On 5/16/07, Dave Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I personally think that experience is key. However, the experience needs > to be relevant to the project. Also, I think it is more than > productivity. I can hire a guy with 1 year experience that can churn out > tons of code a day. However, you have to look at the quality of the > output. The code output by a seasoned, experienced developer is bound to be > more advanced and well written than someone learning the language. > > To use a saying that I love, "It is not the quantity or the quality. It > is the quality of the quantity." > > I have been writing CF for many years. I look back at code I have written > in the past and can usually find ways to optimize it and make it even better > today. That kind of knowledge comes from a deep understanding of the > language that you can only get from experience. > > --Dave > http://www.dkferguson.com/BlogCFC/ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:278335 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
