Hi I still have my own flex app growing, we are in 400 schools with 10000 students
However moving on, in the next year or so I have to take the pain and convert not because flex is bad because of Google, Firefox etc all those flash (not flex) haters, will just make tuning flash Tigard for my customers Adobe made a big mistake not making flash open source, water under the bridge to late now My only hope to stay in flex land is the flexJS project If you want flash environment type work, looks at some of the Java tools So this will have an impact on jobs, saying that you can make good money working with cobol PL1, Fortean, VB etc there is always a demand for experience, the last man standing wins Sent from my iPhone > On 20 Jun 2016, at 22:29, Trevor Holman <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >
