On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 13:51:25 -0700, "Bryan Sant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 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.
Even for a position in language X though, I'd rather hire/work with someone who's demonstrated the initiative to broaden his horizons by learning something else as well. No matter what X is. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
