> Well it's a Friday morning and the guys in the office are chatting about > life after VFP. I was wondering what languages people are considering > to EXPAND to as part of their dev work? > > So far I have seen the following crop up... > > 1) VFP 9 & Sedna > 2) MS .NET > 3) Dabo (Python) > 4) REALBasic
Tristan, if I recall correctly, you're young like me(20's). I've used many languages over the past 10 years and primarily code in VFP and VC++; VFP being the one I spend the most time with. I work at an employer with VFP, and I work on the side and develop applications for sale. Personally, I have to think about the next 30 years or so of my career(retiring right before January 2038 at the latest), unlike most people here. I have to think of what I can write applications in for my side business, ignoring any marketing hype(consumers rarely care), but I also have to keep a pulse on the job market for software engineers in my area. With this dual requirement, I've decided to pursue .NET. If I look at the software engineer positions being advertised around here, they're JAVA, .NET, and C/C++ predominantly. Most of the JAVA stuff is high level enterprise stuff which I've had some experience with in the past and hated. .NET is my choice to learn more of right now and start coding new applications in, as I think it makes the most sense for me, financially/career-wise, going forward. As much as I might like open-source stuff such as DABO and so on, there are almost no jobs available in my area for such. Even Ed himself doesn't have any paying Dabo work-- if one of the creators can't get any, why would I think I can? Think it through and try to make the best decision you can going forward. At our age, the worst thing we could do is hide our heads in the sand and think we can trek through with VFP alone for the rest of our careers... -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
