I completely agree with Johannes approach. Knowledge of the ins and outs of flash/flex/actionscript isn't half as important as an ability to pick up new technologies, follow best practices and work effectively as a member of a team.
I think if you ask if they can do something, and they can't that's fine, it's how they'll find out how to do it that's key. Dan On 12/09/06, Johannes Nel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
paul barnes-hogget had an argument about supply and demand in the flex/flasharena which i thought is very apt. he stated that as flex and flash is such a hot technology the demand is very high, thus with normal market factors wages tend to rise. big companies want to use the technology, but due to the cost and lack of supply they struggle to use it, thus making them consider other alternatives. personally we have started hirring developers who are skilled in other areas, upskilling them into this one via peer programming and code reviews in order to try and meet some of this demand, this unfortunatly is a slow process, but one most companies have to do if they want to expand. On 9/12/06, Zeh Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I have been on this list for years and have seen all the job postings > and > >> have posted some myself. I am looking to hire 5 Flex 2.0 and 3 flash > >> developers. I have tried posting on dice and monster and have yet to > get > >> resumes that come close to the qualifications that I need. So I have to > >> ask > >> where are people finding flash and flex guru's? If you are a flash or > >> flex > >> guru please email me your resume, we pay well! > > I live in another world, but I can say the same about our (Brazilian) > market > aswell. There's an absurd lack of competent people, and trying to find > someone with the level you expect and that you can trust is an exercise in > > frustration. I have to refuse almost daily, and inevitably I have to > repeat > the same choir over and over again - "No, I can't do your specific job but > thanks, and no, I don't know anyone who could that I can point you at, I'm > > sorry, that's the truth". I get baffled replies at best; people usually > think I'm bullsh*tting them. > > Unfortunatelly it seems much of this is due to the nature and the history > of > Flash. Sure, there's a lot of people working with Flex and Flash from all > the walks of the design/IT life, but differently from other technologies > like, say, Java, the technology isn't seen as being integral part of a > dedicated field. Take as an example the school (university) I go to: we > have > design/interface design/multimedia bachelor degrees, as well as computer > science degrees. On the computer science courses, they learn C, C++, > Python, > Java, and stuff like that; on the other design courses, they learn basic > Flash (and I mean, *really* basic flash). > > Sure, I'm not the one to trust blindly in school degrees (I've worked for > 12 > years and never had a degree) and I sure hope someone will come out of > graduation with 100 design patterns memorized. But the fact that no > university course around here sees Flash as a 'serious' programming field > speaks a lot when you see the absense of good professionals on the market. > You usually have a lot of 'hacks' that come from, say, the creative/design > > area, and think they're good because they can tween a banner, but it's > hard > to someone that go a little further and actually wants to get better at > coding, or people from the 'cold coding' market moving into what's seen as > a > designerish tool. Sad but true. > > > Zeh > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > -- j:pn http://www.lennel.org _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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