Looking at the local newspaper, C# Client Applications, C++/Java Business Applications and PHP+MySQL Websites with a few Node.js Jobs sprinkled in. Some lonely ads are also asking for Ruby or Python.
Do people still look up jobs in newspapers? I thought those ads were just legally-mandated foils to prove companies had looked for local people before importing cheaper foreign talent.
I do and they may be foils, I'm not sure on that, but if you send in your application it's unlikely to get handled differently. It's a job ad.
Bash and sql, because it's what really keeps things running, despite constant claims by hipster-hackers about how you should be using something else. Real IDE usage (vim/emacs).
It's what really keeps things running sure, but it's not what will get you hired.
being great at SQL, and a particular DB, will get you hired.
Bash and sql, because it's what really keeps things running, despite constant claims by hipster-hackers about how you should be using something else. Real IDE usage (vim/emacs).
~"Plastics and metal is what really keeps things running, despite constant claims by software hipsters."
Just because something is on an underlying layer doesn't mean it's more important or more in demand.
These systems will be fixed and then tossed out Nothing is infeasible to replace, it might be costly, but not infeasible And of course IBM is happy to get paid millions to keep backward compatibility on the systems they sell Nobody wants to invest their time learning a dying platform that is good for nothing but a dead end job at a bank and won't teach anything usable in any form of modern system (hope you like weari…
> These systems will be fixed and then tossed out Hahaha, nope. It's easier and cheaper to train a copule of COBOL programmers than replace the systems that run COBOL. At a previous company I worked for, it was estimated that the cost to replace just a single COBOL based system was upwards of $50 million. Not only that, banks are notoriously risk averse, especially with their software. They are very reluctant to chan…
I've taken to learning more about both languages so I can work at the banks that use these. Job stability is #1 for me and if it's at a "dead end" job in tech, at this point I don't see a risk as long as my relevant skills are kept reasonably up to date on the side job/home lab.
Not what I see. If anything the opposite is true. Angular is very popular in "corporate" environments, basically where the decision makers have a background in Java / .NET and look down on JS. The number of job offers I am getting where angular is required is increasing.
> The number of job offers I am getting where angular is required is increasing. Job postings on job boards, or talking with real people from real companies asking for and ready to pay for the skill? The perception of what is needed could be skewed by someone investing more in postings, recruitment spam is notorious as well.
Job postings on job boards are not job offers :-) I am talking about real companies in the corporate world who are thinking of upgrading to Angular from whatever proprietary
Basically they didn't jump on the React bandwagon because of the licensing thing, but are ready to jump on Angular's because it ticks all their boxes
> Fewer and fewer grad students seem interested in learning it Probably because it's not really fun languages to work in compared to newer things. I'd rather get paid a bit less and work with C# for example than get paid a lot more and being miserable. :) And since it is a language that will probably die off sooner or later, it is not really a good investment since it will limit your job prospects if the bank you wor…
> Probably because it's not really fun languages to work in compared to newer things. I work on z/OS utilities, mostly assembler. It can be fun, you have to be resourceful. z/OS is actually quite pleasant environment compared to many newer platforms (such as Windows), because you get a very high visibility into what's going on in the system. I guess it depends on type of person. If you love to understand things acros…
How does one typically get into doing what you do? I spent my career (just 6 years) doing C# but mainframes really interest me. I did some COBOL back at my last job and liked it but don't know how to break into that segment of industry without prior experience (without having to be entry level as I'm senior now).