On 2/8/07, Grant Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
book is don't tie yourself to the most popular technology because that is what always gets outsourced. In other words, don't be a programmer who only knows Java.
Using that logic, we should stop speaking English, and learn a new language too. I mean, those Indians are getting to be fluent in English. I say we differentiate ourselves by speaking Tagalog. Me being a Java fan boi aside, this logic is flawed. You may choose to use a non-Java technology for many valid reasons. Maybe you've found something technically superior. Maybe you just want to program in a language that's more "fun". There are many valid reasons to not use Java, however, economic opportunity ain't one of them. The demand for Java developers in the US of A is between 3 to 300 times higher than the language you're thinking about defecting to. Some day Java will be retired to the status of COBOL (is that so bad?), but for now it is hot, and the demand in the US (and elsewhere) is only *growing*. So, saying that someone needs to learn something other than or in addition to Java for economic reasons is patently false. I whole heartily agree that you should learn other languages and expand your skills and understanding, but there isn't any money in it at the moment. I would recommend to people that they definitely learn and use Java now, and in 5 - 10 years, they *might* need to start looking at something else (that's a big maybe). I agree with the premise of the book that the most popular technologies are more likely to get outsourced, but that has no correlation with lost jobs or a need to learn something else. For every Java job outsourced there are two that get created in the states. -Bryan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
