You guys are way over complicating this. The issue is not Coldfusion jobs, the issue I think is the side work.
Sean pointed out that the PHP hype is handled by the developers, that is very true. A PHP developer can walk into any office and say "I can automate that" and they say, "But we can't afford a server", and the developer responds, "I will give you a server, plus I can have the server handle your email and other services". Then they go pull something out of the bin. This is what spreads PHP. Now translate this to the CF world. Unless you don't mind using a sub-par CF replacement like Blue Dragon, the small business just has way too much investment to make a simple project work. PHP and ASP developers just have a bigger pool to dip into. Most developers in their prime are working a 50 hour week at their job and then putting in 40 hours of side work. You take away that side work and you get a lot of idle hands. Nobody here would be saying anything if they were pulling in a couple of grand a month in under the table money outside their job. Ryan Bouwens - 907-729-5471 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Scott Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 5:55 PM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] RE: Macromedia gives up on the server market in Australia and walks away. Sean, It is all catch 22, if there are no jobs the market suffers. As far as jobs goes I stated to you that the ASP, .Net, and java jobs are increasing in Australia and Coldfusion is not. How can a developer support a technology that is the life blood income, when there is no work for them in this field of choosing? No jobs means moving to the flavour that has the work, ASP and .Net in Australia is increasing so people learn this and nothing else. I strongly love Coldfusion and its ease of use, but I and other developers need to survive and put food on the table, coldfusion is not enabling us developers to really do this because the work is not there:-) --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
