On 16/12/2011 12:50 PM, John C Nash wrote:
Job ads reflect present perceived "needs". When I started university, there were hundreds
of ads for geophysicists. I did chemistry and physics and computational stuff (there was
no Computer Science yet). When I graduated, there were ads for computer skills, but
geophysicists were first in the line to serve at the then-relatively-new McDonalds.
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If I may add my $0.02CAD, I agree with using the best tool for the job,
but as an industry consultant, I still get an enormous demand for Java.
Furthermore, I noticed that the second most-referenced skill happened to
be Android development, which also happens to be (mostly) Java.
Thus, like it or hate it, Java is still very fashionable while C++ (and
C) isn't going away anytime soon--I mean, I favourite OS is build mostly
on those two languages ;)
J-F
ps: As for avoiding to work at McDonalds, I think it comes down to
marketing you skills more than your diploma.