On 2/12/07, Levi Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Your position seems fairly well reasoned, but it assumes a couple of odd and seemingly contradictory motivations: 1. One must choose which skills to develop based on maximizing profit potential, and 2. One must only choose programming skills.Certainly, if you are only interested in making money, there are far better jobs to have than the job of a programmer. If you do in fact have other motivations besides making the most money possible, then it seems perfectly reasonable to choose to focus your skill development on something besides Java. Even if Java is the most profitable computer language to know, that profit potential can never be the primary motivator, or you would be forced into another job market entirely! --Levi
Good point. If all one cared about was money, there are higher paying careers. However, within the confines of being a geek and wanting to program for a living, I'd like to the make the most money I can in my chosen occupation. So my major requirement for happiness with my job is that I be in this industry. Others may have stricter requirements for satisfaction with their job. Money may be less important compared to using their preferred language/platform. For me, I really enjoy programming in Java, but I would be happy programming in anything. I'm easy like that. -Bryan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
