Thank the FSM!!!
No Singularity in our lifetime!
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Fowler, Jason <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Until the Singularity happens, anyway. I'd think there will always be lots of enterprise Java jobs around.
>
> The Singularity will be written in Java.
>
> Jason
>
> On 11-07-27 7:32 PM, "Bill Janssen" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> If I'm hiring a programmer, I want them to know C and Python. C because
> all the low-level stuff is written in that, Python because it's simply
> the most useful all-around programming language at the moment, and if
> you don't know it, well, how devoted are you really to your craft?
>
> Various flavors of C are acceptable: Objective-C is OK with me, and C++
> is a plus -- it's an order of magnitude more difficult than C to use
> properly, and people who can sling it properly are rare. Additional
> languages which carry weight with me on a resume are OCaml, Processing,
> and any of Common Lisp, Scheme, or Clojure.
>
> If I was hiring a digital *librarian*, I'd also expect them to know
> Javascript, the language at the heart of the EPUB format. But
> Javascript is kind of tricky; it's a subtle powerful language with bad
> syntax and weak libraries. I certainly wouldn't recommend it to start
> with.
>
> Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> There are still plenty of opportunities for Cobol coders, but I
> wouldn't recommend that either.
>
> Java is the COBOL of the 21st century, so if you know Java well, there
> will be a job in that for the next 20-30 years, I'd expect. Until the
> Singularity happens, anyway. I'd think there will always be lots of
> enterprise Java jobs around.
>
> Bill
>
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Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://chillco.com
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