Concerning " our stuff is free and ColdFusion isn't", it is difficult to program in .NET without Visual Studio Professional and that cost $800. Microsoft will find a way to cost those developers money.
>I'm considering moving back to Northern Virginia if the right opportunity >presents itself. CF in the Raleigh/Durham area is almost non existent (job >wise) I was laid off two weeks ago because my employer pushed everything to >either Sharepoint or a new accounting system. > >What's unfortunate is that I wasn't given the opportunity to plead my case, >because I believe that they'll wind up spending more on Epicor and >Sharepoint then what they were paying me per year. > >I believe that we as developers need to push and promote ColdFusion, and the >open source versions (Railo, Open BD). I'm forever hearing .Net and PHP >developers saying " our stuff is free and ColdFusion isn't". > >You can expound on the death of CF or you can get out there and promote. > > > >I think the availability of CF jobs depends a lot on how far you are willing >to move and where you live. I lost my job at the end of October last year >and I have not been seeing listed CF jobs around West Palm Beach, FL. I see >plenty of job openings in the Northern Virginia area and jobs scattered >around the country for those willing to relocate. I'm still looking for CF >employment but I've started teaching myself .NET because there are a lot of >.NET jobs available around where I live. I was speaking with a recruiter and >she was telling me that she found it interesting how the job opportunities >for different languages seemed to center around different geographical >locations. She told me there were a lot of Java jobs in Dade County, FL >(i.e. Miami) but they disappeared going north across the county line and >then the demand started for .NET developers and some PHP (but not anywhere >near the demand for .NET) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:330040 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
