Werner Britz wrote:
> Finding a job as an entry-level Java programmer is really
> difficult, even if you have other IT experience. Maybe if
> companies give entry-level Java programmers a chance, things could
> change a bit...
Well I advertised on Clug, Glug and elsewhere a while back for a java
programmer to code a project for me, and got no takers. Repeatedly.
Eventually I got a guy in JHB who does it part-time now and it's working for
us both, albeit too slow really. We had to reschedule the whole project.
Asking around as SUN I have come to the conclusion there are few Java
programmers around.
Now if the school (new IT subject area) would give their courseware a more
real world facelift, we would have quite a few Java developers in a few
years, but having been in teaching for a while, it seems that the progress
and level of skill is really low, unless you have kids that study Java
outside their curriculum at school. Maybe my perceptions are wrong, but
hey, that's what it appears to be like from over here. On th e other hand,
I have supported a move away from Java in favour of Python, since it is so
much easier to learn and understand. (But I guess this is the wrong place
to say so!)
My 2c...
Roland Giesler
Green Tree Systems cc
Phone: 072-450-2817
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin
