My efforts to learn a new language I want to make sure it's a language that will be in demand for a while, so I am not wanting to spend time learning cobol for example of its a language that's fading out of use as cf is
Claude Raiola SAMARIS Software www.SAMARIS.net 1300 255 990 > On 9 Sep 2015, at 10:55 am, M@ Bourke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Every CF developer (as well as any developer) should always be learning > another language, not only will it increase your career security it will > benefit your CF skills > >> On 9 Sep 2015 6:27 am, "Samaris" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Dale >> >> Are you referring to cf or cobol >> >> Claude Raiola >> SAMARIS Software >> www.SAMARIS.net >> 1300 255 990 >> >>> On 9 Sep 2015, at 9:16 am, Dale Fraser <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> There are lots of companies and sites using it still >>> >>> >>> >>> You shouldn’t have trouble finding one, might just take a bit of time. >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Dale Fraser >>> >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Paul Kukiel >>> Sent: Wednesday, 9 September 2015 9:03 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [cfaussie] Companies Using ColdFusion >>> >>> >>> >>> Basically there are so few COBOL guys that you have to pay them a fortune >>> to hire them. Same thing is happening to cf >>> >>> On 9 Sep 2015 8:37 am, "Samaris" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks for your reply >>> >>> >>> >>> Can you clarify your very last comment re becoming the new cobol developer >>> guys ??? >>> >>> >>> >>> I am working part time in a company who's main system is written in cobol >>> would love to work on the system to improve it however I have no cobol >>> experience and they would only seek experienced cobol developers grrrr >>> >>> >>> >>> I have good cd skills and have solo built system from the ground up that >>> processes over 1.5mill in payments per month. But finding work where I can >>> automate existing manual processes for companies by building admin apps for >>> them is like finding a needle in a hay stack. My site is www.Samaris.net >>> >>> >>> Claude Raiola >>> >>> SAMARIS Software >>> >>> www.SAMARIS.net >>> >>> 1300 255 990 >>> >>> >>> On 9 Sep 2015, at 8:25 am, Christophe Albrech >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> For sure man. People have been defending cf for years saying that nope, it >>> is not going anywhere, but now even the most prolific bloggers in the cf >>> community have all but jumped ship (not a stab at them, by the way). There >>> will be a CF12, maybe a CF13, but I'd say that's about it. There are still >>> jobs out there, though. Porting a big-enough app to a different language is >>> neither easy nor cheap, and some company can't be bothered or don't have >>> the forethought to do it in the first place. We're becoming the new cobol >>> developers, guys. Yay. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Samaris <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It's all sad news especially for programmers like myself who I my have cf >>> coding skills seeking work >>> >>> Claude Raiola >>> >>> SAMARIS Software >>> >>> www.SAMARIS.net >>> >>> 1300 255 990 >>> >>> >>> On 8 Sep 2015, at 6:36 pm, Andrew Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Adobe in my opinion have no clue about the product, serious bugs can take >>> them years to even fix and even if they do, there is no guarantee that they >>> will be released for current supported versions. Most times, they get >>> released with the next version only. >>> >>> >>> >>> I raised a concurrency issue with ColdFusion 10, that is really a serious >>> issue with the Application scope and it took Adobe 3-4 years to actually >>> fix it. Nobody can wait that length of time while trying to get work done. >>> >>> >>> >>> Most places still using ColdFusion are 3 or more versions behind the >>> current version, which is obviously a cost factor in upgrading. >>> >>> >>> >>> I mean Windows 10 has been stable for a very long time, Adobe had the >>> chance to make sure they released connectors that would work on Windows 10 >>> and yet, to this date I haven't seen any updates for it. They only have >>> themselves to blame. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Andrew Scott >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Samaris <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Claude Raiola >>> >>> SAMARIS Software >>> >>> www.SAMARIS.net >>> >>> 1300 255 990 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "cfaussie" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "cfaussie" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "cfaussie" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "cfaussie" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "cfaussie" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "cfaussie" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "cfaussie" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "cfaussie" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. 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