> I'm a CF guy, have been for 13+ years. I've been a primary CF'er from 1996 (or so) to present. So, for you and I and many/most others on this list, "the dismal state of CF employment" ain't too dismal.
Having said that, it seems clear that smart CF'ers will also become some combo of DBA / project manager / designer / non-CF dev / etc. On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow. Whether you meant to or not you just made my point. Not about CA, but > about the dismal state of CF employment. > > Total CF jobs: 2,382 > Total PHP jobs: 21,015 > Total .net jobs: 115,283 > Total ruby jobs: 11,309 > Total python jobs: 17,547 > > In each of the above (except ruby) there's more jobs in the +100K range > than > the entire number of CF jobs. > > That speaks volumes... and I'm a CF guy, have been for 13+ years. I wish it > weren't so, but it is. > > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:06 AM, John M Bliss <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Unless you live in California, which seems to be the only place where > CF > > jobs seem to be these days. > > > > Huh? http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=coldfusion&l= > > > > <http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=coldfusion&l=> > > Washington, DC (231) > > Baltimore, MD (59) > > Charlotte, NC (50) > > Omaha, NE (46) > > Chicago, IL (41) > > Arlington, VA (41) > > Los Angeles, CA (39) > > Boston, MA (39) > > New York, NY (38) > > Columbia, MD (35) > > Cleveland, OH (34) > > Huntsville, AL (29) > > Reston, VA (28) > > Atlanta, GA (28) > > Minneapolis, MN (26) > > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wouldn't it make far more sense to move into something more > "popular" > > > > like PHP, .Net, etc. right away? > > > > > > > > > In a word. Yes. Unless you live in California, which seems to be the > only > > > place where CF jobs seem to be these days. > > > > > > > > > > Second and final question: what's really wrong with a procedural > > approach > > > > when dealing with medium or small web sites > > > > > > > > > Absolutely nothing. Good code is good code. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340649 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
