RE: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-21 Thread Sandy Clark
jobs were in that area. -Original Message- From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 5:02 AM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: Re: The State of Programming in the United States? There is very little work in Connecticut. Based on what I can tell

RE: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-21 Thread Wallach, Levi
To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: RE: The State of Programming in the United States? I always considered DC and Maryland to be part of the Northeast until I moved here. Then I found out that technically we are part of the south (the Mason-Dixon Line is the Maryland/Pennsylvania Border). But I think in most

RE: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-21 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
I thought The Northeast was collectively, New England + New York. As someone else said, DC / Virginia area is mid-Alantic. Thanks to No Child Left Behind hopefully our children will not co-exist on the same level of ignorance about the US that we do. (ha, ha) No, they will, but

RE: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-20 Thread Connie DeCinko
Subject: Re: The State of Programming in the United States? There is very little work in Connecticut. Based on what I can tell, there is very little CF work in the Northeast. ~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http

Re: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-20 Thread Glenn Saunders
Just to be more specific, at our company we host myspace.com which is the biggest social networking site on the planet right now. We beat friendster a while ago. I was told a while ago that the myspace team would need about 14 developers over the course of the next 6 months. Plus my team

RE: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-20 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Nice to hear. As an aside, I plan to 'borrow' some of the features you have for inclusion into HoF. I've been looking into how to hide peoples list emails and an internal email system would be the perfect solution. Should take me a few hours when I can find them. :) If I was in SoCal, I'd have

Re: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-19 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
I'm a little late getting into this conversation thread because I've been rather busy myself. So busy in fact that I had to hire an assistant to take care of some of the mundane office tasks that are needed to keep a DBA/Consultant on top of things. You create you're own success in life...so

Re: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-19 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
was overbooked. snip Jim - Original Message - From: David Simcik To: CF-Jobs-Talk Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 1:08 PM Subject: The State of Programming in the United States? Hi, I read a truly scary article on the Christian Science Monitor last week that stated

RE: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-19 Thread Glenn Saunders
At 01:20 PM 10/18/2004, you wrote: Do you have a link? I haven't read it so I don't know what topics are covered but my impression is that CF programmers (or programmers in general) aren't about to be made obsolete solely on the basis of foreign developers. CF developers are dropping CF on

Re: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-19 Thread Glenn Saunders
In my experience, outsourcing (if you are talking about outsourcing) simply does not work within a rapid development environment. Rapid development means: a) quick turnaround b) lots of tweaks and changes after the fact c) unclear requirements filled in by the initiative of the developers

RE: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-19 Thread Glenn Saunders
At 06:27 PM 10/19/2004, you wrote: IMHO. Instead save the cash by using a J2EE platform that lets you develop with less domestic resources, not more-but-cheaper foreign resources (hint: ColdFusion MX on JRun.) I've seen the future and it's not CFMX. It's Blue Dragon, more specifically Blue

Re: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-18 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Personally I ignore anything geared towards creating fear.I choose not to live in fear and do not trust the media...I can think for myself ;-) I have always ignored doomsayer trends and have always prospered when I'm supposed to be destitute! You create you're own success in life...so just

RE: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-18 Thread Wallach, Levi
-city.com Pictures: http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Photos%20by%20Levi From: David Simcik Sent: Mon 10/18/04 4:08 PM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: The State of Programming in the United States? Hi, I read a truly scary article on the Christian Science Monitor last week that stated rather matter

Re: The State of Programming in the United States?

2004-10-18 Thread David Simcik
- From: David Simcik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 4:09 PM To: CF-Jobs-Talk Subject: The State of Programming in the United States? Hi, I read a truly scary article on the Christian Science Monitor last week that stated rather matter-a-factly that the American