Amusing thought that might be Darryl, there is a serious underlying issue here - I was pilloried for saying this a while back, but I honestly havent seen anything to change my mind -
I am being forced to the conclusion that coldfusion is a dying business in the Sydney area. ALL of the large sites I've had contact with are telling me that they're still using Coldfusion but are going to change to something else - usually either .net or java.
When I said this a year ago, I was thumped and told that i was just being negative and that dozens of new servers were being sold. I was told that Macromedia were running themselves ragged from one end of the country to the other selling servers. Well if that's the case, where are the development contracts?
The development shops that do have developers seem to be hanging on to them and there is very little movement as far as I can see, or there'd be jobs. In my experience, the development shops in Sydney are so stable they dont even accept calls from job hunters like me. Or am I looking in the wrong places?
In the past three months I've put myself up for every single coldfusion job that I've found, and all but one of them have been put on hold or not proceeded for one reason or another.
Of course, I'd gladly love to be proved wrong. Perhaps I am looking in the wrong places. But here I am, an experienced ColdFusion developer with a track record and a lot od additional experience to bring to the table, and not even getting to interviews. The only place I see coldfusion work is in the USA, where I'm forced to bid for work. If anyone knows where I can find contract work in the Sydney area I'm all ears. Even part time.
I've been looking for contract work for over three months now since my previous employer went broke taking several thousands of my dollars with him. There are very few coldfusion development jobs coming up in the Sydney area. If all those servers were going in as Macromedia said, where are the development contracts going with them?
Cheers
Mike Kear
Windsor, NSW, Australia
Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer
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Mike Kear
Windsor, NSW, Australia
Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer
AFP Webworks
http://afpwebworks.com
ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month
On 8/31/05, Darryl Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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