Thanks. Very interesting. I really like the AIR application work and I’ve seen some nice useful full blown applications. I don’t think I would ever be able to code for anyone else I would consider doing my own application using AIR if that’s a viable route to go?
Trevor > On Jun 20, 2016, at 4:24 PM, Philip Keiter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Desktop AIR apps for Windows and OSX seem to be the most reluctant or > challenging to phase out. The web apps are easier to replace than the AIR > apps and there is a greater urge to. It is following the pattern of all > legacy code. Large institutions with large B2B apps are going to hold onto > it for a long time to come. Small startups will do some fresh work with it > for the OS cross-compatibility. Other businesses are still in process of > phasing it out and may be free in a few more years. If you are very senior > you may want to stick with it for legacy code pay. If not very senior, the > competition will be too tough to win the legacy coding jobs. Working from > home is still possible but rare. It is largely dependent on the nature of > the business now. Government and finance never allow it, period. While less > restrictive business are more open to it because they are desperate. But > the less restrictive businesses tend to have an easier time moving on to > new code, so there are not so many of them. Overall right now there are > both relatively few jobs and relatively few skilled candidates applying. As > Jeffry mentioned, it is mostly maintenance of apps that couldn't for > whatever reason make the move away from the Flash Platform. So basically a > job opens up each time a Flex developer gets a new job doing something new, > leaving the Flex job open behind him. There are exceptions to everything of > course. > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Trevor Holman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> While on the subject, is there a demand for AIR applications (as opposed >> to web-based) or has that decreased as well? >> >> Trevor >> >> >>> On Jun 20, 2016, at 2:26 PM, Jeffry Houser <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Finding remote possibilities is possible; but never guaranteed. You'll >> either need to act like a real company with a sales cycle where the client >> outsources projects too. Or you can act as a freelancer; building trust >> with the client so they'll let you work off-site. >>> >>> Flex work is not as easy to come by today as it was before "Adobe >> November". I don't believe you'll have an easy time finding Flex work. In >> my experience the bulk of the Flex work is maintenance of existing >> applications. >>> >>> You may consider looking into Angular or React which are both in high >> demand and can be used to create similar browser based experiences. >>> >>> Your experience may vary. >>> >>> On 6/20/2016 1:00 PM, blue12 wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I’m coming back to RIA development (and to Flex-ActionScript) after a 5 >>>> years absence and I am wondering if it’s possible/easy to do Flex >> contracts >>>> online, i.e. find contracts where you can work from home (or most >>>> opportunities involve working on site) ? >>>> >>>> IT programming contracts used to be mostly on site, but I’m thinking >> that >>>> maybe things have changed ? Any pointers on where these can be found >> would >>>> be appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks ! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: >> http://apache-flex-users.2333346.n4.nabble.com/Flex-contracts-from-home-tp12890.html >>>> Sent from the Apache Flex Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> -- >>> Jeffry Houser >>> Technical Entrepreneur >>> http://www.jeffryhouser.com >>> 203-379-0773 >>> >> >>
