Posted on 02/27/2014 7:57:31 AM PST by SeekAndFind
This site also seems to confirm this:
http://www.eweek.com/developer/slideshows/top-10-programming-languages-for-job-seekers-in-2014.html
Top 10 Programming Languages for Job Seekers in 2014
Fortran can’t be far behind. Hey, didn’t you just love punching those cards?
BFL
My college was still using a DEC 10 for computer classes in the mid-1980’s.
I talk about running around with my stack of punchcards, and people look at me like “you’re not old enough to have ever worked with one of THOSE.”
RE: BFL
That would be a nice acronym for a language :)
C# and Ruby. Demand is running way ahead of supply for Ruby on Rails developers currently.
Me = Apple BASIC -> FORTRAN-77 -> Assembler -> PASCAL -> BASIC -> C 6.0 -> Visual C++ -> Visual C#. Probably the end of the line. You never know though.
And waiting for the results of the job to show up on the line printer.
I forgot about punch cards for COBOL on a IBM Mainframe. That was in college. Saw my first Apple II there.
RE: Me = Apple BASIC -> FORTRAN-77 -> Assembler -> PASCAL -> BASIC -> C 6.0 -> Visual C++ -> Visual C#. Probably the end of the line. You never know though.
I see, the past decade you’re been with Microsoft... Steve Ballmer thanks you :)
What newer languages most resemble Cognos’ Powerhouse suite, do you know?
Java and Python? I have been in the business since 80’s and I can count the java and python guys I know on one hand. All the guys I know use C++ and/or C# to make a living with since the lion share of biz apps are written in a MS language/platform.
What people hack with in the garage at night is inconsequential to me.
I have worked with a couple interpretive languages and they suck. While they are geared for rapid development and allow a less technical person to code, they allow you to bend too many rules and they tend to introduce run-time errors you may not find until well after a release.
Submitting your card deck to the computer center and picking up your printout the next day.
Syntax error
(University of Delaware, Fortran ??, 1966, never even got to see the computer.)
1) Java
2) More Java
Pascal/C++ -> VFP -> C#/SQL
I’ve played the interpreted language gig (for more than a decade) and think it’s an excuse for lazy development practices, but it does allow you to easily do some neat stuff.
That being said, IOC/SOC and Agile are a freaking nightmare too.
The quality of developers on the whole has always been low, and their willingness to use inefficient, if not wholly useless practices for either entertainment or perceived job security is destroying our industry.
Seemingly gone are the days of simply doing what needed to be done to satisfy the need.
Don't turn this into a flame war.
Bingo. GMTA
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