Are we too old?

[CPallini]

Sir, that does not count: you aged very well, and I know you are interested in mobile development. ;)

[Abhinav S]

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:

hype over mobile not real?

Mobile statistics are surprising indeed. It does appear strange to me though, mobile developers would surely have coded for desktops too, right?

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[Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter]

I'm not sure - I have a kid here, who started with Angular...

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[Lost User]

The mobile hype is real, but it's mostly a cash-grab centered on getting people addicted to gacha games, and not a lot of people are needed to run that scam.

[PIEBALDconsult]

I'm beginning to feel too old.

[Lost User]

But at my age I'm not very mobile. :((

[Lost User]

You don't need a developer to create a "mobile app".

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[RickZeeland]

Old but not beaten yet, or to cite our local motto "Luctor et Emergo" :-\

[Ron Anders]

Yes we are but as for me, I can't help it. I never coded against a mainframe but checked it because there wasn't a choice for mini computers. LSI-11/23, Microvax etc which I did code against.

[Daniel Pfeffer]

1. A self-selected survey is not scientifically accurate. 2. There is a great need for programmers for all types of machines, from mainframes to microcontrollers. 3. Mobile programmers have their place, but it is not nearly as important as the Press would have you believe.

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[Lost User]

Mobile is the most popular interface - it gets the in your face time. But it still needs the server hosting the data and the info/web server. so basically while the mobile gets all the kudos, it's really only a fancy "dumb terminal." Given that many younguns wouldn't know what that means, it just proves us oldies still know and understand more.

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[Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter]

Daniel Pfeffer wrote:

A self-selected survey is not scientifically accurate.

But it even has a name: Statistics...

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[Daniel Pfeffer]

You know what they say - there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. :)

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

[Slacker007]

:thumbsup:

[Lost User]

lol :thumbsup:

[Jeremy Falcon]

:laugh: :thumbsup:

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[Jeremy Falcon]

So we either adapt or get left behind too poop in our adult diapers.

Jeremy Falcon

[Chris Maunder]

It means the bulk of software development is still on things with keyboards. Lots of people seem to forget that.

cheers Chris Maunder

[Jacquers]

I better make the most of the next 5 months then :laugh:

[Kirill Illenseer]

I'd say, it dependso on where you sit and whom you're listening to. Case in example: Loads of IT news, including on CodeProject, is about web stuff. And not few JS programmers just talk about JS and their web stuff like it was a general IT truth. They don't begin with "The following article and the findings I present apply to the web and web only, I absolutely ignore desktop programming and I literally couldn't care less about embedded programming." They just present their findings as a general truth wihch, in their respective field, is absolutely right. I, as a desktop/embedded programmer used to get bewildered by that, simply because what they're saying isn't true for my field. I think, the whole mobile buzz and how important it is is another case of "not my field".