Re: Time to Say Goodbye, Delphi?

From: Rene Tschaggelar (ee123123wqe12_at_sd242323.com)
Date: 11/16/03

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    Date: 16 Nov 2003 04:39:45 -0700

    Jax Santiago wrote:

    > No, this ain't another of those DID (Delphi is Dead) threads.
    >
    > Perhaps just another of those rants.
    >
    > I recently lost my job because our mother company decided to dissolve
    > the division I was in (ala Turbopower saga) and I've so far spent 2.5
    > weeks rummaging through job ads -- online and offline -- and couldn't
    > find a *single* Delphi developer position (I'm Singapore based). Thus
    > I feel that I've been sticking my ass with Delphi for so long (since
    > D2) and got myself burned in return. All along I was hoping that its
    > superiority over other tools will eventually reach the "higher ups"
    > and eventually result in abundant Delphi jobs. Well, I guess I was
    > hoping against hope.
    >
    > Now I feel like I'm in a crossroad. "Where do I go from here" kind of
    > thing.
    >
    > 2 things come to mind:
    >
    > - Java. Thankfully, I know Java and I managed to participate in at
    > least a couple of small to mid-sized projects with it. Unfortunately,
    > the java jobs I've been finding so far are asking way too many for a
    > single position -- ie, JSP, Servlets, Struts, EJB, JDBC, <insert a
    > particular popular web application server here> (sorry Borland. It's
    > mostly WebLogic and Websphere that I'm finding), JNDI, XML, UML,
    > <insert design pattern here>, <insert relational database here>
    > (sorry again Borland. It's usually Oracle and MS SQL Server), HTML,
    > CSS, JavaScript, C/C++ (yeah, even these!). Oh yeah, even Unix and/or
    > Solaris experience. <vbg> Sometimes I really wonder if there's a
    > developer out there who knows all those stuffs? <g>
    >
    > - VB. Yeah. I know and have experience with VB. Unfortunately, it
    > seems companies here have been catching the .NET bandwagon lately.
    > There's *hardly* classic VB jobs available now.
    >
    > Dang.
    >
    > Can't Borland publish a list of companies -- in SG in my case -- that
    > use Delphi? That might help. Specially for desperate job hunters like
    > me. <g>
    >
    > But then again, if you were on my shoes -- one who's a mere employee
    > all these years -- would you still stick with Delphi? Or is it time
    > to move on?

    IMO there is something unfortunate.
    You appear to talk about the tools instead of talk about the
    problems to be solved. It appears as if the problems are trivial
    compared to the tools.

    Assuming you are familiar with banking stuff, how long does
    it take to become familiar with some other context ?

    IMO, the context should be advertized, not the tools.
    And never call yourself programmer.

    Having some EE and physics background, it'd take me years
    to do something in civil eng. Here the context counts far
    more than tools.

    Rene 

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