I am both maintaining and starting new projects in Delphi, and wont be learning a new language anytime soon. My Hobbies are so busy I have no time for playing with other tools. Besides which, by doing my own software I'm not forced into needing to use another languages. Delphi is still excellent (although I cant compare against the newer offerings from MS)
I have a huge investment in time and tools developed for Delphi and if I was going to migrate I'd need a migration plan for those tools too. As far as getting work in Delphi. I have not even looked for 6 years.... no idea about the climate. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Alister Christie < alis...@salespartner.co.nz> wrote: > I think there is still plenty of work around for Delphi developers - all > that Delphi code out there isn't just going to go away and will need to > be maintained. However, the question that should be asked is how many > people are starting new projects in Delphi (as opposed to C# / Java / > Ruby etc). > > It's my understanding that specialized skills (Delphi Programming) > usually demand higher rewards as opposed to commodity programming (C# or > Java), but I guess it's mostly going to come down to supply and demand. > All the same - it's probably worth learning another language. > > I haven't started any kind of new project for awhile, and have been just > enhancing our existing products. I've just started learning Ruby on > Rails (although haven't gotten very far as yet), which I hope to start > something with this year. > > How about other people: > > 1. Still maintaining Delphi code? > > 2. Started a new Delphi project in the last year? > > 3. Started a new project in another language in the last year (what was > the language)? > > 4. What other languages are you using learning? > > My Answers > 1. Yes, 2. No, 3. No, 4. C# (Compact Framework) > > Alister Christie > Computers for People > Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 > http://www.salespartner.co.nz > PO Box 13085 > Johnsonville > Wellington > > > > Leigh Wanstead wrote: > > Good morning, > > > > I thought that I must ask this question. I only see one job ads for cobol > programmer in seek website. If cobol programmer face this situation, what > about Delphi programmer? > > > > TIA > > > > Regards > > Leigh > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > -- Kyley Harris Harris Software +64-21-671-821
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