Placing ColdFusion in the "Design" category of a resume shows a distinct
lack of understanding of the technology and it's function.
I would not hire that person.
-Jordan
On 02/08/2011 03:48 PM, Alan Williamson (aw2.0 cloud experts) wrote:
As some of you know, we at aw2.0, are aggressively recruiting for a
variety of roles namely CFML and Java. We are looking for people for
both the USA and here in Scotland.
We're getting resumes from all walks. But we got a resume from someone
who had listed CFML skills in a "Design" category, where as they listed
PHP in a "Web Category".
I asked him on this, and he replied:
"I have used CFML and Coldfusion. I see Coldfusion as
IDE and web design software, thats why it is in the
design category."
Now I find that an absolutely fascinating response. This is his
perception of what CFML/Coldfusion is. Not seeing it as a language, or
even an alternative to PHP.
So the question is, do we think this is a completely isolated case, or
do we think that as a whole, CFML is needing to re-invent itself as a
proper language with proper alternatives (ie OpenBD/Railo).
Is the marketing that Adobe push out, promote it as a language? The last
time I went to the Adobe site you could be forgiven for thinking it was
a design package not dissimilar to how they market Flash.
I want to discuss this in Texas in a couple of weeks, as it falls under
the future-of-cfml category.
Intrigued what people here think.
Incidentally, if you know of anyone interested, then point them here:
http://jobs.aw20.co.uk/
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