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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 > -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com