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Re: Poll: Where do you work?

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Would you wager there is more software written that is not web related and that it collectively makes more money than the stuff that is?

I am almost certain that non-web software brings in much more revenue than web software. There is a lot of niche WinForms stuff out there from no-name vendors that rule a given industry and companies pay a lot of money for that, and that's not even counting revenue from office suites, operating systems, financial management, and other desktop software that sits in every business. There are a few glaring exceptions li…

I agree with your assessment.

And wish your friend much good luck for when - not if - he will try to find a job again.

Re: Poll: Where do you work?

#62
I work for a non-web IT services company in the midwest. I hack a couple of side projects, and would like to get back into software development. Is there anyone else here that's in the midwest, or is it all coastal?

Re: Poll: Where do you work?

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May want to add "Other" as an option. Consider a smaller company that develops a couple of established products. Or one-person consulting shops. Or contract developers, etc. In short - just add "Other" :)

Where does a university development position fall within this realm?

Re: Poll: Where do you work?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you wager there is more software written that is not web related and that it collectively makes more money than the stuff that is?

I am almost certain that non-web software brings in much more revenue than web software. There is a lot of niche WinForms stuff out there from no-name vendors that rule a given industry and companies pay a lot of money for that, and that's not even counting revenue from office suites, operating systems, financial management, and other desktop software that sits in every business. There are a few glaring exceptions li…

My thoughts exactly, and that works out of WinForms as well. Not sure how many here realize how many places rely on tools such as BMC Remedy, .Net etc!

Funny point: the non-web companies I do freelancing for are totally ok with me using MongoDB, Ruby, JRuby or whatever does the job. They mostly don't care (in my case at least).

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