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Iceman wrote: VB.NET :~ I think it could help, but I hope CG doesn't read that...:~ Anyway, working with the latest technologies, especially .NET can always be a good help. Next thing is Web-technologies. Everybody talks in every context about it, although it's not always needed for the technical soloution. Everything about web, net and TCP/IP is an absoloute must!
Olli Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot......
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Iceman wrote: VB.NET :~ I think it could help, but I hope CG doesn't read that...:~ Anyway, working with the latest technologies, especially .NET can always be a good help. Next thing is Web-technologies. Everybody talks in every context about it, although it's not always needed for the technical soloution. Everything about web, net and TCP/IP is an absoloute must!
Olli Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot......
:beer: + :java: = NULL :=> X|I agree about the web especially. Everything around here (South Carolina) is web. Every interview I've been on the main question is web experience.
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COBOL! :-D It really depends on your targeted genre. Also, in my experience, learning an enterprise system (.NET, J2EE, etc.) never hurts because people love buzzwords. Jeremy Falcon
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COBOL! :-D It really depends on your targeted genre. Also, in my experience, learning an enterprise system (.NET, J2EE, etc.) never hurts because people love buzzwords. Jeremy Falcon
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Know any marketing types for local consulting agencies? If so, take them out to lunch and ask them what kinds of technologies/languages they have the most urgent need for. You may not like the answer, but at least you'll know. I went through a similar situation last year. I wound up switching from consulting (C++ & Java) to a full-time position (VB6/VB.NET). The pay is MUCH lower than what I'm used to, but at least I can pay the mortgage... Good luck on the job search! Martin C Cook Who needs cyberspace when you have CP space? :)
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I'm still seeing a lot of ads for Java skills, and with your experience in C++ it shouldn't take more than 20 minutes to master. As much flack as people here give the language, it is useful, and does happen to be in demand. Reading the trends, though, I'd also get up to speed on C# and ASP.NET - they're not going away, and are likely to replace the current crop as the skills of choice over the next year or two.
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I'm still seeing a lot of ads for Java skills, and with your experience in C++ it shouldn't take more than 20 minutes to master. As much flack as people here give the language, it is useful, and does happen to be in demand. Reading the trends, though, I'd also get up to speed on C# and ASP.NET - they're not going away, and are likely to replace the current crop as the skills of choice over the next year or two.
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Iceman wrote: Been a C/C++ programmer for 25 years. I be an old timer also. Currently trying to get back into local market here Oregon. It seems that most of the C++ jobs out there require non-windows platforms. Too many C++ MS-Windows based programmers on the loose and more coming out of school every day! For a C++ programmer, C# is a good choice get involved with. It is the C++ for the future as far as market goes. It allows you to get involved in many different technologies all with the same language syntax and libraries. That is, you can build web services, web sites and window applications using the same language, libraries and using the same code (other than the differnces in presentations). You build an n-tier application and swap out the presentation layer for either WinForms (windows application) or WebForms (web site application). Still using the same tiers for both. Prior to .NET you would have to build a web site in ASP or a ISAPI plug in (usually still using a ASP for most of the display) to share any of your code base. There is also .NET remoting to easily build distributed applications. For basic functionality it is a no-brainer. Again, all wrapped up in C# or MC++. The biggest problem moving to C# and .NET is the options you have. The C language seemed pretty straight forward. When C++ came along it seemed a little strange but the options could be digested within a few months. With C# there are so many different ways to do something that that I was a bit overwhelmed. After working with C# for a year, I have just found my love for abstract classes. For the job market, .NET is growing rapidly. More jobs are coming out every day. Over the last three weeks, I have received from Monster.com agent (those automated seach e-mail lists) two to three new job postings per day to every other day. Most of them for a reasonable salary but unforunately a little far way for me. I personaly would stay away from Java since there are more and more programmers filling up that space and it does not seem to be growing as rapidly as .NET. Also, some may believe that you can learn Java in 20 minutes however, as you know with C++, saying you know C++ does not make you a windows platform. With Java you have to learn their platform and that can be time consuming. I dare anyone to learn the Java "Platform" in just 20 minutes. The same goes for C#. It is not the language syntax that makes you a C# programmer, it is the libraries for the platform yo