I agree with Geoff, I was totally suprised to even get a job this time of year (hopefully i can settle down now! as god knows i'm sick of interviews...if i get asked 'were do i see myself in 5 years' i'll gag... hehee). Typically XMAS (feb/jan) has always been my bad time of the year, where the $$ i put away for a rainy day start getting tapped.
I would also throw in February in there as well, as typically Feb is around the time you start seeing the radar become a bit more active. Also June/July are crappy months for obvious reasons, financial year budgets get finalised and proposals get accepted etc. I think Coldfusion 7 will put the product back on the radar, and get folks more interested as its got a lot of OO potential thrown around it (multithreading, events etc). Not to mention reporting capabilities that are un-matched by others. That alone will make the bean counters drool with delight (HTML to PDF/SWF with no effort? come on..thats a really good selling point alone). I think just a bit more patience is required... Scott Out. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 24/11/2004 09:15:32 AM: > Scott Barnes wrote: > > hmm, I see your point but I partially agree to it. > > Go to Careerone.com.au, search for Brisbane, enter java, asp, php, cold > > fusion, coldfusion, web, html etc.. > > You'll see the pattern slim pickings. > > I don't know about other firms but Daemon never hires people on the lead > into Dec/Jan. It's possibly the slowest time of the year traditionally > in Australia. The anecdotal evidence of looking for job data at this > time of year is not really going to be great. > > The stark reality is that many IT jobs have effectively become blue > collar, low margin, body shop like work. We're very much a service > industry with lumpy revenue and fixed costs. It's something like a > seven year cycle from crash to recovery and we're only half way there. > > Personally I don't think the grass is all that greener on the other > side. That said, the trend we see is web application development > getting stronger and stronger. We haven't really had CF raised as an > issue for many years -- its more about the solution and its support > rather than the platform. But then we're a company talking not an > individual contractor. > > Just thought I'd share.. CF's future looks pretty bright to me. > > -- geoff > http://www.daemon.com.au/ > > --- > 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/ To unsubscribe from this email please forward this email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email message is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please forward the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete the original. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited and its associates hold or may hold securities in the companies/trusts mentioned herein. Any general advice included in this email has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on the advice, you should consider its appropriateness or discuss with one of our investment advisors. ABN AMRO Morgans Limited (ABN 49 010 669 726 AFSL 235410) A Participant of ASX Group. A principal member of the Financial Planing Association. --- 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/
