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/
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