John Luce Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:52:16 -0400 > The Java community is so fractured and there are so many different > packages that it makes it impossible for someone to break into the > software world.
> I have 18 years of software development, I have 1 year in Java > (albeit 3 years ago now) but never did J2EE or JBoss or BEA or > Websphere. > So, I could never get hired. So, I took a C# class, an Oracle class > or 2 and VOILA!! I became desired again. I am looking at 3 offers in > that arena right now after 3 years of nothing. Well, umm, "duh" :-) I believe you're missing 2 points: * HR/headhunters nearly always overqualify, if they can. * Java is has "been around" longer than .Net. So of course (ceteris paribus), for any n, it's gonna be easier to get a .Net gig with experience=n than to get a Java gig with experience=n. E.g. there's a lotta folks with 5+ years of Java now, but AFAICS there's no one with 5+ years of .Net experience. IMHO "fracturing" has nothing to do with it, just the maturity of the respective technological/labor markets. _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
